Escape sequence char as a list string

Asked Jun 07 '17 at 13:28

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I am trying to create a list like this:

signs = ['/', '-', '\']

I get EOL error probably because of \

So I updated the list to :

signs = ["/", "-", "'\'"]

# output ['/', '-', "''"]

Silly to ask but how do I get the list with \ as a string present in the list, so I can iterate over them.

asked Jun 07 '17 at 13:28

bhansa

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you have to double the backslash `'\\'` – Jean-François Fabre Jun 07 '17 at 13:29
I tried your suggestion it gives me the `\\` string. – bhansa Jun 07 '17 at 13:30
I mean `signs = ['/', '-', '\\']` – Jean-François Fabre Jun 07 '17 at 13:31
Yes, I tried `signs = ['/','-','\\']` got this `['/', '-', '\\']`, can you confirm please. – bhansa Jun 07 '17 at 13:32
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using @Jean-FrançoisFabre suggestion instead of doing `print(signs)` do a loop `for s in signs: print(s)` and that will print each character/sign appropriately – depperm Jun 07 '17 at 13:36
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@depperm, works. I guess it doesn't evaluate it while printing. – bhansa Jun 07 '17 at 13:37

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