Python escape characters?

Question

I receive from tool string

string = 'D:\agsdata	emp.mxd;D:\agsdata	emp1.mxd'
when I use string  receive:

'D:\x07gsdata	emp.mxd;D:\x07gsdata	emp1.mxd'

How to get around?

BruceNielsen · Answer

Is the tool providing the string to your script written by Esri, or was it developed by someone else?

BartłomiejStaroń · Answer

I now r,\ and /.

Problem is that I receives from tool "string" as a value that I later use in script. The tool crash because my script see string with \a, 	.

How to get string from tool provide for \.

BruceNielsen · Answer

string = r'D:\agsdata	emp.mxd;D:\agsdata	emp1.mxd'
-or-
string = 'D:\agsdata\temp.mxd;D:\agsdata\temp1.mxd'
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string = 'D:/agsdata/temp.mxd;D:/agsdata/temp1.mxd'