Oct 8, 2009 · y = img_index // num_images where img_index is a running index and num_images is 3. When I mess around with // in IPython, it seems to act just like a division sign (i.e. one …

The double backslash is not wrong, python represents it way that to the user. In each double backslash \\, the first one escapes the second to imply an actual backslash.

The // operator was first introduced for forward-compatibility in Python 2.2 when it was decided that Python 3 should have this new ability. Together with the ability to enable the Python 3 …

In Python 3.x, 5 / 2 will return 2.5 and 5 // 2 will return 2. The former is floating point division, and the latter is floor division, sometimes also called integer division. In Python 2.2 or later in the …

In python \ (backslash) is used as an escape character. What this means that in places where you wish to insert a special character (such as newline), you would use the backslash and another …

I have a string. In that string are double backslashes. I want to replace the double backslashes with single backslashes, so that unicode char codes can be parsed correctly. (Pdb) p …

Sep 30, 2013 · I am facing a very basic problem using directory path in python script. When I do copy path from the windows explorer, it uses backward slash as path seperator which is …

I tend to use only forward slashes for paths ('/') and python is happy with it also on windows. In the description of os.path.join it says that is the correct way if you want to go cross-platform. ...

Jun 6, 2014 · Python represents backslashes in strings as \\ because the backslash is an escape character - for instance, \n represents a newline, and \t represents a tab. This can sometimes …

Python does not "implicitly add the extra `` for you". It does, however, double the backslash when you display the repr () output of the string, as at prompt, purely for presentation purposes. len …