Question

Which of the following statement prints hello\example\test.txt?

(a) print(“hello\example\test.txt”)

(b) print(“hello\\example\\test.txt”)

(c) print(“hello\”example\”test.txt”)

(d) print(“hello”\example”\test.txt”)

The question was asked by my college professor while I was bunking the class.

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Answer 1

Right option is (b) print(“hello\\example\\test.txt”)

The best explanation: \is used to indicate that the next \ is not an escape sequence.