Using repr() with escape sequences

[Sybren Stuvel]

nummertolv enlightened us with:
> myString = "bar\foo\12foobar"

Are the interpretations of the escape characters on purpose?

> How do I print this string so that the output is as below?
>
> bar\foo\12foobar

Why do you want to?

> typing 'print myString' prints the following:
>
> baroo
> foobar

Which is correct.

Sybren
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