I have code that assigns escape sequences to variables like "self.resetString = '\03'". As long as they are hard coded in, everything works fine.
But I want to read the variable from a text/config file so my users can override the defaults. In the file are a list of "parameter = value" pairs like "resetString = \03". As the file is parsed, each pair is stored in a dictionary; "parmeterDictionary[parameter] = value". Then in the code, the value is assigned to the variable with a statement like "self.resetString = parmeterDictionary['resetString']". Simple ASCII strings work fine, but the escape sequences don't work and the code fails. "print self.resetString" returns "\\03", instead of a nonprintable character. Any ideas? David Heiser _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
