How do I express a backslash in a string?

[Tobiah]

>>> "'"
"'"
>>> "\'"
"'"
>>> "\\'"
"\\'"
>>> "\\\'"
"\\'"
>>>   

This is quite different than any other language
that I am used to.  Normally, a double backslash
takes away the special meaning of the last backslash,
and so you are left with a single backslash.

How do I express the single backslash?

Thanks,

Tobiah 

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