backslashes in lists

[Lucas Torri]

I don't know how ugly this look like, but { print str(alist).replace('\\\\',
'\\') } works...

On 3/12/07, Fabio Gomes <flgoms at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Yes, Luca.
>
>   I noticed that printing the list item will show the string as expected.
> But I need to print the entire list in the script I'm writing and doing
> that, the list will will be repr()'ed. Is there any way to print the entire
> list without being parsed by repr()?
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:00:19 -0300
> From: lucastorri at gmail.com
> To: flgoms at hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: backslashes in lists
> CC: python-list at python.org
>
> The backslash is a key to enter especial characters, like breakline: '\n'
>
> There is two backslashes cause of this especial condition of this char,
> but if you try print the specific string you will see that only one
> backslash remain:
>
> print alist[2]
>
> On 3/12/07, *Fabio Gomes* <flgoms at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Hi list,
>
>   I'm trying to use a string with backslashes in a list. But Python parses
> strings in lists with repr().
>
>
> >>> alist = ['a', 'b', 'c:\some\path']
> >>> alist
> ['a', 'b', 'c:\\some\\path']
> >>> print alist
> ['a', 'b', 'c:\\some\\path']
>
>
>   I already tried str() and raw (r) but it didn't work. All I want is to
> keep a single backslash in the string since it is a path information.
>
>   Can anyone help me, please?
>
>   Thank you.
>
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