Why I cannot print the character "\" in Python

Question

I use print() function to use like this:print("\")and i get an exception. Tell me how to slove it. Thks

Backslash is an escape character, so if you want a literal backslash just escape it: "\\". Otherwise your string is not a complete string: the second " is interpreted as being *part of the string* (and everything after it like the close paren is as well) rather than the delimiter. Which is why you get the error, you have an unterminated string. — Jared Smith, Apr 12 '20 at 13:04

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 12 '20 at 15:37

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Use \\ instead.

Actually, \ is a special character and you have to escape it.

print("\\") # print a single "\" character

edited Apr 12 '20 at 15:37

BalooRM

answered Apr 12 '20 at 13:04

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S.SavaS · Answer 2 · 2020-04-26T22:29:37.880

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Use:

print("\\")

instead of print("\")

edited Apr 26 '20 at 22:29

answered Apr 12 '20 at 13:05

S.SavaS

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