How do i remove a backslash character from a string in python?

How do I remove all the backslashes from a string in Python?

This is not working for me:

result = result.replace["\\", result]

Do I need to treat result as a raw string?

asked Jul 1, 2010 at 18:46

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Your code is saying to replace each instance of '\' with result. Have you tried changing it to result.replace["\\", ""] ?

answered Jul 1, 2010 at 18:49

fbstjfbstj

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Use decode['string_escape'], for example:

result = stringwithbackslashes.decode['string_escape']

string_escape : Produce a string that is suitable as string literal in Python source code

or just:

result.replace["\\", ""] 

answered Feb 18, 2014 at 19:05

JorgesysJorgesys

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result = result.replace["\\", ""]

answered Jul 1, 2010 at 18:49

unbeliunbeli

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If you are interested in seeing the component words that are being separated by the '\' character, use:

result.replace['\\', ' ']

answered May 18, 2018 at 23:37

Samuel NdeSamuel Nde

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Try This:

result = result.replace["\\", ""]

answered Dec 17, 2020 at 4:56

vandit vasavandit vasa

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To replace backslashes in a string with Python, the easiest way is to use the Python built-in string replace[] function.

string_with_backslashes = r"This\is\a\string\with\backslashes."

string_with_underscores = string_with_backslashes.replace["\\","_"]

print[string_with_underscores]

#Output:
This_is_a_string_with_backslashes.

When working with strings in Python, being able to manipulate your variables easily is important. There are a number of built in string methods which allow us to get information and change string variables.

One such function which is very useful is the string replace[] function. With the replace[] function, we can create a new string where the specified value is replaced by another specified value.

We can use the replace[] function to replace the backslashes in a string with another character.

To replace all backslashes in a string, we can use the replace[] function as shown in the following Python code.

string_with_backslashes = r"This\is\a\string\with\backslashes."

string_with_underscores = string_with_backslashes.replace["\\","_"]

print[string_with_underscores]

#Output:
This_is_a_string_with_backslashes.

Something to note here is that we need to use “r” before the string so that it is a raw string. This will tell Python to treat backslashes as a literal character.

Typically, Python interprets backslashes as the start of an escape sequence. Therefore, we also need to add two backslashes in the replace[] function because Python can then recognize that we want a backslash and not an escape sequence.

Using the replace[] function to Make Replacements in Strings in Python

Below are a few more examples of how you can use the replace[] function to make replacements in strings in Python.

For example, if we want to replace spaces with dashes, we can do the following.

string_with_spaces = "This is a string."

string_with_dashes = string_with_spaces.replace[" ","-"]

print[string_with_dashes]

#Output:
This-is-a-string.

If we want to replace all the spaces with periods, we can do so easily in the following Python code.

string_with_spaces = "This is a string."

string_with_periods = string_with_spaces.replace[" ","-"]

print[string_with_periods]

#Output:
This.is.a.string.

You can also remove specific characters with replace[] For example, you can remove all apostrophes from a string as shown below.

string_with_apostrophe = "I'm looking for the dog's collar."

string_without_apostrophe = string_with_apostrophe.replace["'",""]

print[string_without_apostrophe]

#Output:
Im looking for the dogs collar.

Hopefully this article has been useful for you to learn how to replace backslashes in string variables in Python.

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