simple string question

[jwither]

"Chris Rebert" <clp2 at rebertia.com> wrote in message 
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> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 10:29 PM, jwither<jwither at sxder4kmju.com> wrote:
>> Given a string (read from a file) which contains raw escape sequences,
>> (specifically, slash n), what is the best way to convert that to a parsed
>> string, where the escape sequence has been replaced (specifically, by a
>> NEWLINE token)?
>
> There's probably a more general method covering all the escape
> sequences, but for just \n:
>
> your_string = your_string.replace("\\n", "\n")
>
> Cheers,
> Chris
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> http://blog.rebertia.com


Thanks!  (the others are more likely to be errors than deliberate anyway)

James Withers