Let's say I have a raw string like r'\n' that corresponds to '\\n'. Is there a way to interpret the raw string as the "normal" string '\n' with the line break meaning?
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2`r'\n'.replace("\\n", "\n")`? – Christian König Jul 27 '17 at 10:09
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1Maybe a dupe of https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1885181/how-do-i-un-escape-a-backslash-escaped-string-in-python ? – Wiktor Stribiżew Jul 27 '17 at 10:09
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2Possible duplicate of [How do I un-escape a backslash-escaped string in python?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1885181/how-do-i-un-escape-a-backslash-escaped-string-in-python) – Bharath Jul 27 '17 at 10:12
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Note that there is no such thing as a "raw string" in Python - there is only a "raw string literal". `a=r'\n'; b='\\n'` ... leaves `a` and `b` with identical contents. – Martin Bonner supports Monica Jul 27 '17 at 10:16
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@WiktorStribiżew : You can vote to close with that as duplicate you know. – Martin Bonner supports Monica Jul 27 '17 at 10:18
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@MartinBonner I voted to close as unclear. As it is both unclear, and seems to be a dupe. – Wiktor Stribiżew Jul 27 '17 at 10:23
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Ah! Fair enough. Well, he's got one of each now. – Martin Bonner supports Monica Jul 27 '17 at 10:29
