Escaping a triple quoted string' newbie question

[Jules Stevenson]

> > float $pos[]=particleShape1.worldPosition;
> >
> > setAttr ("heartPP_1_"+particleShape1.particleId+".tx") $pos[0];
> >
> > setAttr ("heartPP_1_"+particleShape1.particleId+".ty") $pos[1];
> >
> > setAttr ("heartPP_1_"+particleShape1.particleId+".tz") $pos[2];
> > """
> > dynExpression (p, s=expRuntime, rad=1)	#generate the expression
> >
> > Then maya errors out, however if I pass maya an 'escaped' version:
> >
> > expRuntime="""
> > float $pos[]=particleShape1.worldPosition;\nsetAttr
> > (\"heartPP_1_\"+particleShape1.particleId+\".tx\") $pos[0];\nsetAttr
> > (\"heartPP_1_\"+particleShape1.particleId+\".ty\") $pos[1];\nsetAttr
> > (\"heartPP_1_\"+particleShape1.particleId+\".tz\") $pos[2]; """
> >
> > Then all is well. My question is, is there any way to convert the first
> > variable example to the second? It's a lot easier to type and on the
> eye.
> 
> Except for the doble-space on the first version, \n is the line separator
> on both, so I'll ignore them.
> """one
> two"""
> is the same thing as "one\ntwo" (even on Windows). The only remaining
> difference that I see is " -> \"
> 
> def mayaquote(text):
>    return text.replace('"', '\\"')
> 

Thanks, this will work great. I was just wondering if there was an automatic
'string to escaped text' type function. Otherwise I'd have to build parsing
for all chars that could cause a wobbly, but these may be few, so not too
much of an issue.