Re: Correct syntax for pathological re.search()

ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote or quoted:

"\\chardef \\\\ = '\\\\".

  However, one can rewrite this as follows:

"`chardef `` = '``".replace( "`", "\"*4 )

  . One can also use "repr" to find how to represent something:

  main.py

text = input( "What do you want me to represent as a literal? " )
print( repr( text ))

  transcript

What do you want me to represent as a literal? \sout\{
'\\sout\{'

  . We can use "escape" and "repr" to find how to represent
  a regular expression for a literal text:

  main.py

import re

text = input( "Want the literal of an re for what text? " )
print( repr( re.escape( text )))

  transcript

Want the literal of an re for what text? \sout{
'\\sout\{'

  .