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On 08/12/2013 00:59, Mahan Marwat wrote:
> Why this is not working.
>
>>>> 'Hello, \\\\World'.replace('\\', '\\')

Whoops a daisy!!! --------------^^^^--^^^^ ???

>
> 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'.
>


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