Raw strings

Learn raw text with r"...".

A raw string ignores escape sequences. Put an r before it:

path = r"C:\Users\Alex"
print(path)  # C:\Users\Alex

In a normal string \n becomes a new line; in a raw string \n stays as two characters. This is very handy for file paths and regular expressions.

Raw string uses

Raw strings are most used for file paths and regular expressions. Windows paths have many \:

# Normal: \Users might error
path = r"C:\Users\Alex\file.txt"
pattern = r"\d+"  # digit pattern

Without a raw string you would write \\ for each \, which is unreadable.

Assign path = r"C:\Users\Alex". Print print(path).

Show example solution

path = r"C:\Users\Alex"
print(path)

Complete the raw string

path = ____"C:\Users\Alex"

Show answer

path = r"C:\Users\Alex"

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