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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def raw(text):
 """Returns a raw string representation of text"""

    new_string = ''
    for char in text:
        try:
            new_string += escape_dict[char]
        except KeyError:
            new_string += char
    return new_string