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Answer: Re: Basic question

WILLIAM SCHMIDT

2/13/2008 2:25:00 PM

Thank you Guilherme

Solution below:

>>> "Guilherme Polo" <ggpolo@gmail.com> 2008-02-13 06:48 >>>
2008/2/13, WILLIAM SCHMIDT <WSCHMIDT@colsa.com>:
> In several places in the Python documentation I have run across an extra "r" that I can not explain:
> *****************************
> In sys.path after the open bracket:
> sys.path = [r'd:\temp']
> In the on line help in the DATA section (towards the end):
> >>> help('sys')
> Help on built-in module sys:
> ~~~~ truncated ~~~~
> DATA
> exec_prefix = r'C:\Python25'
> executable = r'C:\Python25\pythonw.exe'
> path = [r'C:\Python25\Lib\idlelib', r'C:\Python25\python25.zip', r'C:\...
> prefix = r'C:\Python25'
> version = '2.5.1 (r251:54863, Apr 18 2007, 08:51:08) [MSC v.1310 32 bi...
> *****************************
>
> Can someone explain what that "r" is doing and where I would find it in the documentation?
> Thank you in advance for your assistance.
> William T. Schmidt
>

"r" is a string literal indicating that a raw string follows. You can
read about it and more here: http://docs.python.org/ref/st...

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