Parsing strings (\n and \\)

[François Pinard]

[Thomas Guettler]

> Is there a function for parsing c-like
> strings? I need to parse strings containing
> '\n' and '\\' '\"'.

A simple avenue is to get Python itself to evaluate the string as a constant
(you ensure this by removing evaluation context).  Something like this:

    PARSED = eval(UNPARSED, {}, {})

But this is a bit rough, there are cases you want more precise control
over the string syntax.

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François Pinard   http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard