title: Python ignoring the escape sequence character '\' inside print statements for a string?
body: <p>So in the IDLE Python IDE I'm using this statement</p>
  <pre><code>print (&quot;Hello, \ World!&quot;)
  </code></pre>
  <p>and the output I get is:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>Hello, \ World!</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>But AFAIK, shouldn't the backslash not be printed? The only time it should be printed is when there is another backslash in front of it right? Then, why is it printing the backslash in the output?</p>