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printing backslash

hi
i want to print something like this

|\|

first i tried it as string

a = "|\|"

it prints ok

but when i put it to a list

a = ["|\|"]

it gives me '|\\|' .there are 2 back slashes...i only want one.. how
can i properly escape it?
I have tried [r"|\|"] , [r'\\'] but they do not work...
thanks

Jun 7 '06 #1
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