Escape for str in Python

Question

Wow, this should be so simple, but it\' just not working. I need to inset a \"\\\" into a string (for a Bash command), but escaping just doesn\'t work.

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Answer 1

You are being misled by Python's output. Try:

>>> a = "test\\ing"
>>> print(a)
test\ing
>>> print(repr(a))
'test\\ing'
>>> a
'test\\ing'