Python - Data Type Raw string

Introduction

Python also supports a raw string literal that turns off the backslash escape mechanism.

Such literals start with the letter r and are useful for strings like directory paths on Windows (e.g., r'C:\text\new').

Demo

S = r'C:\text\new'
print(S)

Result

Related Topic

• Strings
• String concatenation
• String Immutability
• String Methods
• String escape
• Multi line string
• Unicode Strings
• String Pattern Matching
• String Sequence Operations
• Step across the characters in a string, printing the uppercase version of each as it goes:

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