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[3.11] gh-103360: Add link in stdtypes.rst to escape sequences in lexical_analysis.rst (GH-103638) #114908

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
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Expand Up @@ -1488,7 +1488,7 @@ between them will be implicitly converted to a single string literal. That
is, ``("spam " "eggs") == "spam eggs"``.

See :ref:`strings` for more about the various forms of string literal,
including supported escape sequences, and the ``r`` ("raw") prefix that
including supported :ref:`escape sequences <escape-sequences>`, and the ``r`` ("raw") prefix that
disables most escape sequence processing.

Strings may also be created from other objects using the :class:`str`
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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst
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Expand Up @@ -541,6 +541,11 @@ retained), except that three unescaped quotes in a row terminate the literal. (
single: \u; escape sequence
single: \U; escape sequence

.. _escape-sequences:

Escape sequences
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Unless an ``'r'`` or ``'R'`` prefix is present, escape sequences in string and
bytes literals are interpreted according to rules similar to those used by
Standard C. The recognized escape sequences are:
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