Unicode raw string containing \u

[OKB (not okblacke)]

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 UnicodeDecodeError 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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[Steven D'Aprano]

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 UnicodeDecodeError 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'
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Steven.

[OKB (not okblacke)]

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"\u005Cuniverse", although this is not totally ideal.)

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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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[=?ISO-8859-15?Q?=22Martin_v=2E_L=F6wis=22?=]

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"\u005Cuniverse", 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"universe", although I'm unsure whether
that meets your requirements.

Regards,
Martin