[issue13409] Invalid expression error if a regex ends with a backslash
Ezio Melotti
report at bugs.python.org
Tue Nov 15 20:16:18 CET 2011
Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti at gmail.com> added the comment:
You either have to double escape it (once for python and then for the regex engine) or use raw strings:
>>> re.match("\\\\", '\\').group()
'\\'
>>> re.match(r"\\", '\\').group()
'\\'
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assignee: -> ezio.melotti
resolution: -> invalid
stage: -> committed/rejected
status: open -> closed
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