pylint/checkers/strings.py
def process_non_raw_string_token(self, prefix, string_body, start_row):
        """check for bad escapes in a non-raw string.

        prefix: lowercase string of eg 'ur' string prefix markers.
        string_body: the un-parsed body of the string, not including the quote
        marks.
        start_row: integer line number in the source.
        """
        # Walk through the string; if we see a backslash then escape the next
        # character, and skip over it.  If we see a non-escaped character,
        # alert, and continue.
        #
        # Accept a backslash when it escapes a backslash, or a quote, or
        # end-of-line, or one of the letters that introduce a special escape
        # sequence <http://docs.python.org/reference/lexical_analysis.html>
        #
        # TODO(mbp): Maybe give a separate warning about the rarely-used
        # \a \b \v \f?
        #
        # TODO(mbp): We could give the column of the problem character, but
        # add_message doesn't seem to have a way to pass it through at present.
        i = 0
        while True:
            i = string_body.find("\\", i)
            if i == -1:
                break
            # There must be a next character; having a backslash at the end
            # of the string would be a SyntaxError.
            next_char = string_body[i + 1]
            match = string_body[i : i + 2]
            if next_char in self.UNICODE_ESCAPE_CHARACTERS:
                if "u" in prefix:
                    pass
                elif (_PY3K or self._unicode_literals) and "b" not in prefix:
                    pass  # unicode by default
                else:
                    self.add_message(
                        "anomalous-unicode-escape-in-string",
                        line=start_row,
                        args=(match,),
                    )
            elif next_char not in self.ESCAPE_CHARACTERS:
                self.add_message(
                    "anomalous-backslash-in-string", line=start_row, args=(match,)
                )
            # Whether it was a valid escape or not, backslash followed by
            # another character can always be consumed whole: the second
            # character can never be the start of a new backslash escape.
            i += 2
def process_non_raw_string_token(self, prefix, string_body, start_row):
        # Walk through the string; if we see a backslash then escape the next
        # character, and skip over it.  If we see a non-escaped character,
        # alert, and continue.
        #
        # Accept a backslash when it escapes a backslash, or a quote, or
        # end-of-line, or one of the letters that introduce a special escape
        # sequence <http://docs.python.org/reference/lexical_analysis.html>
        #
        # TODO(mbp): Maybe give a separate warning about the rarely-used
        # \a \b \v \f?
        #
        # TODO(mbp): We could give the column of the problem character, but
        # add_message doesn't seem to have a way to pass it through at present.
        i = 0
        while True:
            i = string_body.find("\\", i)
            if i == -1:
                break
            # There must be a next character; having a backslash at the end
            # of the string would be a SyntaxError.
            next_char = string_body[i + 1]
            match = string_body[i : i + 2]
            if next_char in self.UNICODE_ESCAPE_CHARACTERS:
                if "u" in prefix:
                    pass
                elif (_PY3K or self._unicode_literals) and "b" not in prefix:
                    pass  # unicode by default
                else:
                    self.add_message(
                        "anomalous-unicode-escape-in-string",
                        line=start_row,
                        args=(match,),
                    )
            elif next_char not in self.ESCAPE_CHARACTERS:
                self.add_message(
                    "anomalous-backslash-in-string", line=start_row, args=(match,)
                )
            # Whether it was a valid escape or not, backslash followed by
            # another character can always be consumed whole: the second
            # character can never be the start of a new backslash escape.
            i += 2
def process_non_raw_string_token ( self , prefix , string_body , start_row ) : # Walk through the string; if we see a backslash then escape the next # character, and skip over it.  If we see a non-escaped character, # alert, and continue. # # Accept a backslash when it escapes a backslash, or a quote, or # end-of-line, or one of the letters that introduce a special escape # sequence <http://docs.python.org/reference/lexical_analysis.html> # # TODO(mbp): Maybe give a separate warning about the rarely-used # \a \b \v \f? # # TODO(mbp): We could give the column of the problem character, but # add_message doesn't seem to have a way to pass it through at present. i = 0 while True : i = string_body . find ( "\\" , i ) if i == - 1 : break # There must be a next character; having a backslash at the end # of the string would be a SyntaxError. next_char = string_body [ i + 1 ] match = string_body [ i : i + 2 ] if next_char in self . UNICODE_ESCAPE_CHARACTERS : if "u" in prefix : pass elif ( _PY3K or self . _unicode_literals ) and "b" not in prefix : pass # unicode by default else : self . add_message ( "anomalous-unicode-escape-in-string" , line = start_row , args = ( match , ) , ) elif next_char not in self . ESCAPE_CHARACTERS : self . add_message ( "anomalous-backslash-in-string" , line = start_row , args = ( match , ) ) # Whether it was a valid escape or not, backslash followed by # another character can always be consumed whole: the second # character can never be the start of a new backslash escape. i += 2
check for bad escapes in a non-raw string.

        prefix: lowercase string of eg 'ur' string prefix markers.
        string_body: the un-parsed body of the string, not including the quote
        marks.
        start_row: integer line number in the source.
check for bad escapes in a non - raw string .