string.replace

[Emile van Sebille]

Don't confuse the display with the content.

Python 1.6a2 (#0, Apr  6 2000, 11:45:12) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
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>>> import string
>>> s="asdasd'a'asddads"

>>> print len(s)
16
>>> string.replace(s,"'","\\'")
"asdasd\\'a\\'asddads"
>>> ns = string.replace(s,"'","\\'")
>>> print ns
asdasd\'a\'asddads
>>> print len(ns)
18
>>>

Emile van Sebille
emile at fenx.com
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <rei05 at gmx.de>
To: <python-list at python.org>
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 10:12 AM
Subject: Re: Re: string.replace


> > On Fri, 5 May 2000 rei05 at gmx.de wrote:
> > > so i tried string.replace(s,"'","\'"), but this doesn`t work. 
> > 
> sorry, i forgot to mention, that i tried:
> > 
> > string.replace(s,"'","\\'")
> > 
> too, but the result of this is like the following:
> 
> >>> import string
> >>> s="asdasd'a'asddads"
> >>> string.replace(s,"'","\\'")
> "asdasd\\'a\\'asddads"
> 
> and i wish to have ...\'a\'..., not ...\\'a\\'...
> 
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