On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 11:39 AM, Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pytut at gmail.com> wrote: <snip> > >>> '<H\*>' > '<H\*>' > > The equivalent raw string is exactly the same in this case: > > >>> r'<H\*>' > '<H\*>' Oops, I mistyped both of these. The repr should be '<H\\*>' in both cases. Sorry for the confusion! -- Zach