Omitting metacharacters in python

Question

I want to assing a path to a variable a: a = "D:\misc\testsets\Real"

How can i omit the \t metacharacter without changing the folder name?

Answer 1

Use raw strings:

a = r"D:\misc\testsets\Real"

Answer 2

Try this:

• r denotes raw string.

a = r"D:\misc\testsets\Real"