s = "1234Bananas"
s = re.sub(r"\d", "", s)
I know this will select the digits 1234, but what does the lowercase r stands for and do?
re.sub(**r**"\d", "", s)
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It is used for **raw string** so that you don't need to do double escaping. – anubhava Oct 08 '15 at 08:56
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That sounds like an answer to me – Mr Mystery Guest Oct 08 '15 at 08:59