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sergei
sergei

Reputation: 73

Python insert "\" in string

I'm trying to insert a backslash in a string but when I do this: 

s1='cn=Name Surname (123)'
s1[:17] + '\' + s1[17:]

I get 

SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal

Also, tried this but it inserts 2 backslashes

s1[:17] + '\\' + s1[17:]

The final string should look like this

s1='cn=Name Surname \(123\)'

Upvotes: 2

Views: 16914

Answers (5)

2winners
2winners

Reputation: 1

for folder in Chart_Folders:
    files = os.listdir(path + '\\' + folder)
    print(files)

indeed this works

Upvotes: 0

user2555451
user2555451

Reputation:

Here:

>>> s1 = 'cn=Name Surname (123)'
>>> x = s1[:16]+'\\'+s1[16:-1]+'\\'+s1[-1:]
>>> x
'cn=Name Surname \\(123\\)'
>>> print x
cn=Name Surname \(123\)
>>>

You have to print the string. Otherwise, you will see \\ (which is used in the interpreter to show a literal backslash).

Upvotes: 5

CCKx
CCKx

Reputation: 1343

If you're just entering it in the python command line interpreter and pressing enter, it will show up as two backslashes because the interpreter shows the escape character. However, if you saved it to a file, or if you used it in a "print" command it will suppress the escape character and print the actual value, which in this case is just one backslash.

Upvotes: 1

Germano
Germano

Reputation: 2482

Can something like this suffice?

print(s1.replace('(', '\\(').replace(')', '\\)'))

Upvotes: 0

falsetru
falsetru

Reputation: 369124

>>> s1='cn=Name Surname (123)'
>>> s1[:17] + '\\' + s1[17:]
'cn=Name Surname (\\123)'

It seems like two backslash, but it's actually containing only one backslash.

>>> print(s1[:17] + '\\' + s1[17:])
cn=Name Surname (\123)
>>> print s1[:17] + '\\' + s1[17:-1] + '\\' + s1[-1:]
cn=Name Surname (\123\)

Upvotes: 4

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