printing backslash

[Steve Holden]

micklee74 at hotmail.com wrote:
> hi
> how can i sucessfully print  |\|  in the output of a print command
> 
> a = "|\|"
> print a
> 
> but it gives me "|\\|"
> 
No it doesn't:

 >>> a = "|\|"
 >>> print a
|\|
 >>>

> i tried raw strings too, but it doesn't print |\| . It prints |\\|
> instead
> 
> eventually, i also want |\| to be inside a list:
> alist = ["|\|", 'blah', 'blah'] . How can i put |\| inside a list?
> 
> can someone show me how it can be done?
> thanks
> 

Well, you've got it now, so I won't labour the point.

regards
  Steve
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