Alex Martelli <aleaxit at yahoo.com> wrote in comp.lang.python: > If r"\"" really needs to be equal to '"', then we're in serious trouble, Argh. I'm back to posting inaccurate stuff all the time. Time to get back to work. Yes, \ escapes, but it leaves the \ in the string, that's the whole point. Sigh. -- Remco Gerlich