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raw strings and \

I thought I understood raw strings, then I got bitten by this:

x=r'c:\blah\'

which is illegal! I thought that \ had no special meanning in a raw
string so why can't it be the last character?

making me do:

x=r'c:\blah' '\\'

is just silly...

Mar 5 '06
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Alex Martelli wrote:
John Salerno <jo******@NOSPA Mgmail.com> wrote:
Alex Martelli wrote:
Now get back to work on your new Nutshell book :-)
Yep, good point!-)

Are you working on a new edition? I didn't see any new Python books
listed on O'Reilly's site through April, but I'd definitely be
interested in new versions of the books I plan to get soon (Cookbook and
Nutshell, for example, although I figure the Cookbook is fairly new at
this point.)


Yep, a 3rd edition of the Cookbook is not in the cards. A 2nd edition
of the Nutshell is, and if all goes well should be out before the fall.
Alex


Awesome, can't wait! :)
Mar 7 '06 #21

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