"Chris Rebert" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 10:29 PM, jwither<[email protected]> wrote: >> Given a string (read from a file) which contains raw escape sequences, >> (specifically, slash n), what is the best way to convert that to a parsed >> string, where the escape sequence has been replaced (specifically, by a >> NEWLINE token)? > > There's probably a more general method covering all the escape > sequences, but for just \n: > > your_string = your_string.replace("\\n", "\n") > > Cheers, > Chris > -- > http://blog.rebertia.com
Thanks! (the others are more likely to be errors than deliberate anyway) James Withers -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
