In python console:

>>> x="\t"
>>> x
'\t'
>>> print(x)
    
>>> 

How can make print(x) output \t?

CodePudding user response：

\t is a tabulator sign but if you want to print value "\t" you have to escape it two times:

x = "\\t hello"
y = "\t hello"
print(x)
print(y)

Output

"\t hello"
"     hello"

CodePudding user response：

You can use a raw string to avoid escaping the backslash like in Avad’s answer:

x = r"\t"
print(x)

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