The r'..'
string modifier causes the '..'
string to be interpreted literally. That means, r'My\Path\Without\Escaping'
will evaluate to 'My\Path\Without\Escaping'
– without causing the backslash to escape characters. The prior is equivalent to 'My\\Path\\Without\\Escaping'
string, but without the raw modifier.
Note: The string cannot end with an odd number of backslashes, i.e r'Bad\String\Example\'
is not a correct string.