How to print "\" in python?

Question

print "\\"

It print me in console...

But I want to get string \

How to get string string \?

The statement you gave correctly prints the `\` for me. Is this the only thing printing wrongly, does it get printed wrongly, even if surrounded by other characters? — Anand S Kumar
– Anand S Kumar, Commented Sep 10, 2015 at 1:40

Ethan Bierlein · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-10 02:44:49Z

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There's clearly some sort of configuration with your console that's wrong. Doing this:

print "\\"

Clearly prints \ for me.

answered Sep 10, 2015 at 2:44

Ethan Bierlein

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Speaking Code · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-10 04:10:14Z

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You can add letter r to string before quotes (r for raw). It will ignore all special symbols.

For example

>>> print '\x63\\ Hello \n\n8'
c\ Hello

8
>>> print r'\x63\\ Hello \n\n8'
\x63\\ Hello \n\n8

So printing backslash is print r'\'

answered Sep 10, 2015 at 4:10

Speaking Code

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This rapidly becomes the better answer when you have more than one special character in your string!