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printing backslash

hi
how can i sucessfully print |\| in the output of a print command

a = "|\|"
print a

but it gives me "|\\|"

i tried raw strings too, but it doesn't print |\| . It prints |\\|
instead

eventually, i also want |\| to be inside a list:
alist = ["|\|", 'blah', 'blah'] . How can i put |\| inside a list?

can someone show me how it can be done?
thanks

Jun 7 '06 #1
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mi*******@hotmail.com wrote:
hi
how can i sucessfully print |\| in the output of a print command

a = "|\|"
print a

but it gives me "|\\|"
No it doesn't:
a = "|\|"
print a |\|

i tried raw strings too, but it doesn't print |\| . It prints |\\|
instead

eventually, i also want |\| to be inside a list:
alist = ["|\|", 'blah', 'blah'] . How can i put |\| inside a list?

can someone show me how it can be done?
thanks


Well, you've got it now, so I won't labour the point.

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