On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 22:55:37 +0000, Maurice LING wrote: > I've tried to look up in the python documentation but > it just vaguely brushes through by saying that python raw strings are > prefixed with "r" or "R". > > Can someone point me in the correct direction? http://www.python.org/doc/2.3.4/ref/strings.html , last two paragraphs.