title: How to accept strings containing escape characters python
body: <p>If the user inputs a string containing an escape character (e.g. "Example\" or "C:\Users...), I want to accept it exactly as is. In other words, I'm trying to circumvent the Syntax error thrown when input like the above is processed.</p>
  
  <p>I feel like it should be simple, but the answer eludes me. Any help?</p>
  
  <p>EDIT: I'm on python 3</p>