Chapter 13 - Files and Exception Handling - Section 13.5 - Retrieving Data from the Web - Check Point - MyProgrammingLab - Page 454: 13.17

A normal string can be converted to normal string by writing r or R before the start of the string, for example rawString = r"hello \ world" the string "hello \ world" will be converted to raw string and \ will be treated as normal character.

Same as above.