[Python-Dev] Backslash at end of raw string (original) (raw)

Rob Cliffe rob.cliffe at btinternet.com
Sat Dec 12 09:36:34 CET 2009


Python (e.g. 2.5) does not accept a backslash as the LAST character of a raw string:

r"" File "", line 1 r"" ^ Syntax Error: EOL while scanning single-quoted string.

path = r'\MyDir\MySubDir' # raises same error path = r'\MyDir\MySubDir' # no error

Isn't this a bug?

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