How to print a single backslash?
PythonEscapingBackslashPython Problem Overview
When I write print('\') or print("\") or print("'\'"), Python doesn't print the backslash \ symbol. Instead it errors for the first two and prints '' for the second. What should I do to print a backslash?
Python Solutions
Solution 1 - Python
You need to escape your backslash by preceding it with, yes, another backslash:
print("\\")
And for versions prior to Python 3:
print "\\"
The \ character is called an escape character, which interprets the character following it differently. For example, n by itself is simply a letter, but when you precede it with a backslash, it becomes \n, which is the newline character.
As you can probably guess, \ also needs to be escaped so it doesn't function like an escape character. You have to... escape the escape, essentially.
Solution 2 - Python
A backslash needs to be escaped with another backslash.
print('\\')
Solution 3 - Python
A hacky way of printing a backslash that doesn't involve escaping is to pass its character code to chr:
>>> print(chr(92))
\
Solution 4 - Python
You should escape it with another backslash \:
print('\\')
Solution 5 - Python
print(fr"\{''}")
or how about this
print(r"\ "[0])