Reverse repr function in Python [duplicate]
I think what you're looking for is ast.literal_eval:
>>> s = repr("ab\r")>>> s"'ab\\r'">>> from ast import literal_eval>>> literal_eval(s)'ab\r'
I think what you're looking for is ast.literal_eval:
>>> s = repr("ab\r")>>> s"'ab\\r'">>> from ast import literal_eval>>> literal_eval(s)'ab\r'