HTH --
Thank you for the response. I'm not sure I understand the last
sentence, although I think I get the idea. How do I create a proper
doctest?
Thanks
On Apr 21, 9:08 pm, MRAB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Apr 21, 11:48 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi...
>
> > Here's a weird problem...I'm trying to escape a bunch of data to put
> > into a database.
>
> > Here's what I have:
>
> > def escape(string):
> > """
> > Escape both single quotes and blackslashes
> > >>> x = r"fun\fun"
> > >>> escape(x)
> > 'fun\\\\fun'
> > """
> > string = string.replace('\\', '\\\\')
> > return string
>
> > Now the commands in the doctest work when I type them by hand into the
> > python interpreter!>>> x = r"fun\fun"
> > >>> escape(x)
>
> > 'fun\\\\fun'
>
> > But they don't work when I actually run them with doctest:
> > Failed example:
> > escape(x)
> > Expected:
> > 'fun\\fun'
> > Got:
> > 'fun\x0cun'
>
> > Why?
>
> > Thanks!
>
> Your doctest is in a triple-quoted string which contains the line:
>
> >>> x = r"fun\fun"
>
> ^^
>
> which is the same as:
>
> >>> x = r"fun\x0cun"
>
> ^^^^
>
> If you wrap a raw string in just quotes that is isn't a raw string any
> longer!
>
> HTH
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