r"string" vs R"string

[Ben Finney]

Brendan Miller <catphive at catphive.net> writes:

> Is there any difference whatsoever between a raw string beginning with
> the captical R or one with the lower case r e.g. r"string" vs
> R"string"?

For answering questions like this, the Python language reference is your
friend:

    String literals may optionally be prefixed with a letter 'r' or 'R';
    such strings are called raw strings and use different rules for
    interpreting backslash escape sequences.

    <URL:http://docs.python.org/reference/lexical_analysis.html#string-literals>.

No mention is made of any distinction made between ‘r’ or ‘R’ in this
context.

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Ben Finney