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Asked: May 23, 20262026-05-23T09:58:42+00:00 2026-05-23T09:58:42+00:00

Does anyone know how replace all \ with \\ in python? Ive tried: re.sub(‘\’,’\\’,string)

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Does anyone know how replace all \ with \\ in python?
Ive tried:

re.sub('\','\\',string)

But it screws it up because of the escape sequence.
does anyone know the awnser to my question?

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    2026-05-23T09:58:43+00:00Added an answer on May 23, 2026 at 9:58 am

    You just need to escape the backslashes in your strings: (also there’s no need for regex stuff)

    >>> s = "cats \\ dogs"
    >>> print s
    cats \ dogs
    >>> print s.replace("\\", "\\\\")
    cats \\ dogs
    
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