"Adam Bark" <adam.jt...@gmail.com> wrote
>>> test=r"a \n b \n c \n" >>> test.replace(r"\n","***") 'a *** b *** c ***' >>> test2=""" ... a ... b ... c ... """ >>> test2.replace(r"\n","***") '\na\nb\nc\n'
In your first example you put the characters into the string test and replaced the characters. The second example you have actual newlines and are searching for the characters "/n" which don't exist in your string.
Just to further emphasise this point try printing your strings (using print())
and you will see the difference:
test = r"a \n b \n c \n" # using raw 'r' test2 = """
... a ... b ... c ... """
test3 = "a \n b \n c \n" # no raw 'r' print(test)
a \n b \n c \n
print( test2)
a b c
print(test3)
a b c
HTH, -- Alan Gauld Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
