python3 print \ with a single numeric value

Question

I have got a requirement where I need to send a string having "\1" to some other device and it expects utf-8 format. but its getting printed in a weird format as shown below

print("*/\1/p".encode("utf-8"))

output in the device

I just want my string "\1" to print as "\1" when encoded in utf-8 format.

`encode()` returns the bytes representation of the object, not a string — OneCricketeer, Jul 01 '21 at 15:16
the requirement is not clear, and i think just printing to console makes no sense, often such requirement comes from writing to file or some device. there should be more context. — Lei Yang, Jul 01 '21 at 15:21
Are you saying you want two characters, the backslash and a 1? — tdelaney, Jul 01 '21 at 15:30
Unclear how data gets sent to device. Please show your complete code that sends the data and device's code that _receives the event_ as a [mcve] — OneCricketeer, Jul 01 '21 at 15:33
Alternatively, you can see that `print("*/\1/p".encode("utf-8").decode("utf-8"))` doesn't print the 1 at all since you need to _escape the backslash_, as answered — OneCricketeer, Jul 01 '21 at 15:34
In other words, How can I save/send/print such strings in string of bytes? — ahmed meraj, Jul 01 '21 at 16:52

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 01 '21 at 15:22

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You just need to escape the \ character, and not encode:

>>> print("\\1")
\1

edited Jul 01 '21 at 15:22

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