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Re: Is It Bug?

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Date Sun, 8 Dec 2013 12:05:41 +1100
Subject Re: Is It Bug?
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On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Mahan Marwat <mahanmarwat@gmail.com> wrote:
> Why this is not working.
>
>>>> 'Hello, \\\\World'.replace('\\', '\\')
>
> To me, Python will interpret '\\\\' to '\\'. And the replace method will replace '\\' with '\'. So, the result will be 'Hello, \World'. But it's give me 'Hello, \\\\World'.
>
> The result I want form the code is 'Hello, \World'.

You're replacing with the same as the source string. That's not going
to change anything.

The first thing to get your head around is Python string literals.
You'll find them well described in the online tutorial, or poke around
in the interactive interpreter. Once you master that, you should be
able to understand what you're trying to do here.

ChrisA

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Is It Bug? Mahan Marwat <mahanmarwat@gmail.com> - 2013-12-07 16:59 -0800
  Re: Is It Bug? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-12-08 12:05 +1100
    Re: Is It Bug? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-12-07 20:22 -0500
      Re: Is It Bug? Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2013-12-08 11:01 +0100
      Re: Is It Bug? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-12-08 21:04 +1100
      Re: Is It Bug? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-12-08 21:26 +1100
  Re: Is It Bug? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-12-08 01:06 +0000
  Re: Is It Bug? MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-12-08 01:12 +0000
  Re: Is It Bug? Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> - 2013-12-07 22:53 -0800
  Re: Is It Bug? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-12-08 11:43 +0100

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