Re: [Configobj-develop] Escapes

[Scott S. <sis...@gm...>]

Ok yeah I was confused. I figured out the problem. I guess my LCD can't
handle octal sequences.

On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 8:15 AM, David Hostetler <neg...@gm...>wrote:

> Note that {'expression': '\\200'} is the repr view of the dict entry.
> Strings will show any escaped character using the escape seq ('\').  In
> other words -- it's actually showing you that there _is_ a normal slash
> included in the string.
>
> I.e. -- are you sure there's a problem?
>
> If you do: print dict['expression']  then you'll get '\200', which is
> presumably exactly what you intended.
>
> This is a common python user misunderstanding.
>
> Observe the following:
>
> >>> x = 'a\\b\nc'
> >>> x
> 'a\\b\nc'
> >>> print x
> a\b
> c
> >>> print repr(x)
> 'a\\b\nc'
>
>
>
> regards,
>
> - David Hostetler
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 08:54, Scott Sibley <sis...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> Sorry if this got sent twice.
>>
>> I'm probably just looking over the answer.
>>
>> The following:
>>
>> [widget_foo]
>> expression='\200'
>>
>> Turns into this:
>>
>> {'expression': '\\200'}
>>
>> Note the extra backslash. Any solution?
>>
>>
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