I'm trying to find a way to print a string in raw form from a variable. For instance, if I add an environment variable to Windows for a path, which might look like 'C:\\Windows\Users\alexb\'
, I know I can do:
print(r'C:\\Windows\Users\alexb\')
But I cant put an r
in front of a variable.... for instance:
test = 'C:\\Windows\Users\alexb\'
print(rtest)
Clearly would just try to print rtest
.
I also know there's
test = 'C:\\Windows\Users\alexb\'
print(repr(test))
But this returns 'C:\\Windows\\Users\x07lexb'
as does
test = 'C:\\Windows\Users\alexb\'
print(test.encode('string-escape'))
So I'm wondering if there's any elegant way to make a variable holding that path print RAW, still using test? It would be nice if it was just
print(raw(test))
But its not
I had a similar problem and stumbled upon this question, and know thanks to Nick Olson-Harris' answer that the solution lies with changing the string.
Two ways of solving it:
Get the path you want using native python functions, e.g.:
test = os.getcwd() # In case the path in question is your current directory
print(repr(test))
This makes it platform independent and it now works with .encode
. If this is an option for you, it's the more elegant solution.
If your string is not a path, define it in a way compatible with python strings, in this case by escaping your backslashes:
test = 'C:\\Windows\\Users\\alexb\\'
print(repr(test))