I'm trying to write a unicode raw string literal, and I seem to be
running up against a conflict between the \uXXXX unicode character
escape and the need to have a literal \u (i.e., backslash followed by a
lowercase letter U) in the string.
If I do ur"\universe" I get a UnicodeDecodeEr ror because (I think)
it tries to interpret \universe as a Unicode escape. But if I do
ur"\\universe " I get a string that contains two backslashes followed by
the word "universe".
How can I specify a unicode raw string literal that contains a
single backslash followed by the word "universe"?
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--OKB (not okblacke)
Brendan Barnwell
"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is
no path, and leave a trail."
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On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 06:58:48 +0000, OKB (not okblacke) wrote:
I'm trying to write a unicode raw string literal, and I seem to be
running up against a conflict between the \uXXXX unicode character
escape and the need to have a literal \u (i.e., backslash followed by a
lowercase letter U) in the string.
If I do ur"\universe" I get a UnicodeDecodeEr ror because (I think)
it tries to interpret \universe as a Unicode escape. But if I do
ur"\\universe " I get a string that contains two backslashes followed by
the word "universe".
That's because in a raw string, \\ means two backslashes.
How can I specify a unicode raw string literal that contains a
single backslash followed by the word "universe"?
The usual way.
>>word = u'\\universe'
len(word)
9
>>word[0]
u'\\'
>>word[1]
u'u'
>>print word
\universe
>>word
u'\\universe'
--
Steven.
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> How can I specify a unicode raw string literal that
contains a
single backslash followed by the word "universe"?
The usual way.
>>>word = u'\\universe' len(word) 9 word[0] u'\\' word[1] u'u'
print word \universe word u'\\universe'
That doesn't answer my question, since I asked for a unicode RAW
string literal. Is this not possible? (I was able to get what I want
using ur"\u005Cuniver se", although this is not totally ideal.)
--
--OKB (not okblacke)
Brendan Barnwell
"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is
no path, and leave a trail."
--author unknown
That doesn't answer my question, since I asked for a unicode RAW
string literal. Is this not possible? (I was able to get what I want
using ur"\u005Cuniver se", although this is not totally ideal.)
It's a design flaw in Unicode raw string literals that they still
interpret \u escapes. And yes, your notation is one way to get what
you want; another is u"\\"+r"univers e", although I'm unsure whether
that meets your requirements.
Regards,
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