Re: Correct syntax for pathological re.search()

On 2024-10-07, Stefan Ram <ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:

"Michael F. Stemper" <michael.stemper@gmail.com> wrote or quoted:

For now, I'll use the "r" in a cargo-cult fashion, until I decide which
syntax I prefer. (Is there any reason that one or the other is preferable?)

>
  I'd totally go with the r-style notation!
>
  It's got one bummer though - you can't end such a string literal with
  a backslash. But hey, no biggie, you could use one of those notations:
>
  main.py
>
path = r'C:\Windows\example' + '\'
>
print( path )
   
path = r'''
C:\Windows\example\
'''.strip()
>
print( path )
>
  stdout
>
C:\Windows\example\
C:\Windows\example\
>
  .

... although of course in this example you should probably do neither of
those things, and instead do:

    from pathlib import Path
    path = Path(r'C:\Windows\example')

since in a Path the trailing '\' or '/' is unnecessary. Which leaves
very few remaining uses for a raw-string with a trailing '\'...