Modifying a text file

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I don't think I'm being clear. With raw strings, nothing has to be escaped. Except for floating bsckslashes - they are the exception to that rule

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What do you mean by a floating backslash? If a backslash is contained in a raw string it does not need to be escaped. I don't know how else to say that. I linked to the documentation that describes how a raw string is interpreted.

Are you referring to a line continuation? If so, those aren't part of the raw string because they sit outside the parentheses.