Split a string by backslash in python

Question

Simple question but I\'m struggling with it for too much time. Basically I want to split a string by \\ (backslash).

 a = \"1\\2\\3\\4\"

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Answer 1

You can split a string by backslash using a.split('\\').

The reason this is not working in your case is that \x in your assignment a = "1\2\3\4" is interpreted as an octal number. If you prefix the string with r, you will get the intended result.