backslashes in test strings

[Dr. Peter Stoehr]

Hi Fred,

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> 
> I wrote:
> > > status = os.spawnv(os.P_WAIT, "c:\\ntreskit\\sc", ("stop", serviceA))
> > > (untested)
> >
> > There is a much niftyier way to dealk with the backslash problem. Use
> > Python's "raw" strings: ie:
> > status = os.spawn(os.P_WAIT, r"c:=netreskit\sc",("stop", serviceA))
> >
> > prepending an r to a string tells python that it is a "raw" string, snd
> > that it shouldn't interpret the backslashes. This is VERY handy for
> > things like regular expressions!
> 
> but isn't it a bit weird that "=" maps to "\" in raw strings?
> 
> </F href="http://www.pythonware.com/people/fredrik/busy.htm">

from my point of view it doesn't !

$ python
Python 1.5.2 (#46, Apr 22 1999, 22:16:33)  [GCC egcs-2.91.60 19981201
(egcs-1.1.1 release)] on linux2
Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
>>> a = r"c:=netreskit\sc"
>>> print a
c:=netreskit\sc

I think Chris just made a typo ...

    Peter
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