How to deal with strings containing character codes?

Question

\201 is a character code recognised in Python. What is the best way to ignore this in strings?

s = '\2016' 
s = s.replace('\\', '/')
print s #6

What exactly do you mean by "ignore"? It looks like you already know how to escape a backslash, so I'm guessing you aren't trying to do that. — user3030010, Nov 21 '16 at 23:37
Are you asking how to _create_ a string that consists of the five characters `\2016`, or how to turn a string that is _already_ `'\2016'` into `'2016'`? — TigerhawkT3, Nov 21 '16 at 23:38

score -1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 21 '16 at 23:35

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If you have a string literal with a backslash in it, you can escape the backslash:

s = '\\2016'

or you can use a "raw" string:

s = r'\2016'

answered Nov 21 '16 at 23:35

Robᵩ

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