"ryles" wrote in message
news:b96be200-9762-4f92-bd0d-9be076bcd...@y20g2000vbk.googlegroups.com...
>
>> There's probably a more general method covering all the escape
>> sequences, but for just \n:
>>
>> your_string = your_string.replace("\\n", "\n")
>
> py> s = "hello\\r\\n"
> py> s
> 'hello\\r
"Chris Rebert" wrote in message
news:mailman.1075.1252306208.2854.python-l...@python.org...
> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 10:29 PM, jwither wrote:
>> Given a string (read from a file) which contains raw escape sequences,
>> (specifically, slash n), what is the best way to
Given a string (read from a file) which contains raw escape sequences,
(specifically, slash n), what is the best way to convert that to a parsed
string, where the escape sequence has been replaced (specifically, by a
NEWLINE token)?
James Withers
--
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/p
