[Tutor] convert '\\t' to '\t'

[Poor Yorick]

Hy Python wrote:

> I understand this.
> But what I really want to do is
> convert things like "\\n","\\r","\\s", "\\x" to "\n", "\r", "\s", "\x"
> So,  is there a universal way to convert "\\" to "\"

Your question is still confusing because "\\n" already IS "\n" when you 
print it.  Do mean that you have a text which displays "\\n" and you 
want that text to display "\n"?  In that case something like this would 
work:

 >>> text = "he\\\\nllo"
 >>> print text
he\\nllo
 >>> text2 = text.replace('\\\\n', '\\n')
 >>> print text2
he\nllo
 >>>

Poor Yorick
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