How to remove "\" as string in python

Question

I am trying to remove the backslash from a string but because the character is special it won't work. I want it to print "example".

example = ("e\x\m\p\l\e")
example=example.replace("\","")
print(example)

Answer 1

example = (r"e\x\m\p\l\e")
example=example.replace("\\","")

You can use a literal string using r, and then use replace with the special character using \\ (double backslash).

EDIT:

One can also use regex to remove all \:

import re
''.join(re.findall(r'[^\\]', example))

The findall will result in an list with all characters. You can use join to transform this list to a string.

''.join(re.findall(r'[^\\]', r'e\x\m\p\l\e this is an \exmaple. \\ test'))
>>> exmple this is an exmaple.  test

Answer 2

You should use double \ to escape the special symbol:

example=example.replace("\\","")