[Tutor] An old newbies "escape sequence" confusion

[Nick Lunt]

Hi,

it appears to be an issue with 'idle'.

Have you tried it with pythonwin http://www.python.org/windows/pythonwin/ ?

Here's what I get with idle:


>>> l = ['\a','\b','\f','\r','\w']
>>> l
['\x07', '\x08', '\x0c', '\r', '\\w']
>>> for i in l:
 print i







\w
>>>


and here's what I get with pythonwin:

>>> l = ['\a','\b','\f','\r','\w']
>>> l
['\x07', '\x08', '\x0c', '\r', '\\w']
>>> for i in l:
...  print i
...
BEL
BS
FF

\w
>>>

I had to write in the BEL, BS and FF sequences cos outlook turned them into
squares, same as idle did.

Hope that helps a bit
Nick.

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  Subject: [Tutor] An old newbies "escape sequence" confusion


  I am just beginning to learn Python from:
  "Python programming for the absolute beginner"

  In the first few pages I am already confused.
  The following escape sequences do not appear to be recognised
  \a  \b  \f  \r  \v  they all produce a small square on the screen.

  I have tried the version of Python supplied with the book,
Python-2.2.3.exe
  and have also tried Python-2.3.4.exe. I am installing on Windows XP Home,
both produce the same results even when pasting source code samples supplied
from the book cd.

  I am "just" beginning so simple answers would be appreciated!


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