Escaping the semicolon?

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Nick wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Is this expected behavior?
> 
>>>> s = '123;abc'
>>>> s.replace(';', '\;')
> '123\\;abc'
> 
> I just wanted a single backslash. I can see why this probably happens
> but i wondered if it is definitely intentional.

There is only a single backslash. But the interactive prompt will use the
repr()-function to print out returned values. Which will for strings print
their escaped syntax.

Try the above with a 

print s.replace(...)

and you will see your desired outcome.

diez