If I have a string, i.e.:
s = "\'Quote Example\'\tby person\n"
How can I display it to view the special characters untranslated, to see:
"\'Quote Example\'\tby person\n"
instead of:
'Quote Example' by person
I need to know mostly for debugging purposes since the string is generated and doesn't follow a set format.
Simply use the repr command:
>>> print(repr(s))
"'Quote Example'\tby person\n"
>>> print(s)
'Quote Example' by person
>>>Awesome thanks!
Should be noted that Python won't mutate your string. If you say s = "'Quote Example'\tby person\n" s will always be that string unless you reassign it. When you print it, python interprets the '\t's to be tabs, but s is still the same.
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