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| author | Stanley <46876382+slateny@users.noreply.github.com> | 2022-12-28 05:30:42 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-12-28 05:30:42 (GMT) |
| commit | b95b1b3b25b0a93a22c7d58ac5bd5870e62070a8 (patch) | |
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gh-55688: Add note about ending backslashes for raw strings (#94768)
Co-authored-by: hauntsaninja <hauntsaninja@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst b/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst index 6532a4e..ebc2e91 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst @@ -189,6 +189,11 @@ the first quote:: >>> print(r'C:\some\name') # note the r before the quote C:\some\name +There is one subtle aspect to raw strings: a raw string may not end in +an odd number of ``\`` characters; see +:ref:`the FAQ entry <faq-programming-raw-string-backslash>` for more information +and workarounds. + String literals can span multiple lines. One way is using triple-quotes: ``"""..."""`` or ``'''...'''``. End of lines are automatically included in the string, but it's possible to prevent this by adding a ``\`` at |