Making the substitution string raw in re.sub()

[Joakim Hove]

Hello,

I'm using the re module to perform some substitutions on a string:

    OldString = "See for instance EXPAND(key1)"
    newString = r"Volume {\bf 45}"
    print re.sub(r"EXPAND\(\s*(\w+?)\s*\)" , newString , OldString , 1)

But, when I run this the newString is not properly escaped, and
what I get is:
>>> See for instance Volume f 45}

instead of:
 
>>> See for instance Volume {\bf 45}

Which is what I wanted. ANy tips to how I Could solve this??


Regards - Joakim
    

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