How to replace '\\\\' with '\\' in Python?
For example: "Shady \\\ vs \\\ everybody" -----> "Shady \ vs \ everybody".
I tried r"", and \\ but it does not work...
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jonrsharpe
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I should take my string as an input. – pythad Feb 03 '15 at 12:00
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Use double backslash to match a single backslash character.
>>> s = r'Shady \\\ vs \\\ everybody'
>>> print(s.replace('\\\\\\', '\\'))
Shady \ vs \ everybody
Avinash Raj
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