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[3.11] gh-103360: Add link in stdtypes.rst to escape sequences in lexical_analysis.rst (GH-103638) (#114908)
(cherry picked from commit d29f57f) Co-authored-by: Justin Williams <97240811+juswil@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
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‎Doc/library/stdtypes.rst‎

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is, ``("spam " "eggs") == "spam eggs"``.
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See :ref:`strings` for more about the various forms of string literal,
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including supported escape sequences, and the ``r`` ("raw") prefix that
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including supported :ref:`escape sequences <escape-sequences>`, and the ``r`` ("raw") prefix that
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disables most escape sequence processing.
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Strings may also be created from other objects using the :class:`str`

‎Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst‎

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single: \u; escape sequence
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.. _escape-sequences:
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Escape sequences
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Unless an ``'r'`` or ``'R'`` prefix is present, escape sequences in string and
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bytes literals are interpreted according to rules similar to those used by
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Standard C. The recognized escape sequences are:

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