How to print raw string data from a variable

[stygian]

Could someone (anyone) give me a clue how to display all characters stored in a string variable.

For example, if I have a text file containing '1\n2\n3\n'
I read it in with A=file.read()

Now I would like python to print A as 1\n2\n3\n and not
1
2
3

Do I have to convert A to a raw string, or does it already contain raw data that is then processed by the print statement?

Do raw strings exist seperately from 'normal' strings, or is it just a string displayed in its entirety?

Thanks

[bvdet]

Could someone (anyone) give me a clue how to display all characters stored in a string variable.

For example, if I have a text file containing '1\n2\n3\n'
I read it in with A=file.read()

Now I would like python to print A as 1\n2\n3\n and not
1
2
3

Do I have to convert A to a raw string, or does it already contain raw data that is then processed by the print statement?

Do raw strings exist seperately from 'normal' strings, or is it just a string displayed in its entirety?

Thanks

>>> s = '1\n2\n3\n'
>>> print repr(s)
'1\n2\n3\n'
>>> 

[stygian]

>>> s = '1\n2\n3\n'
>>> print repr(s)
'1\n2\n3\n'
>>> 

repr() , I've not seen that before

Thanks that's great.