Strings to raw strings in list

Question

I'm working on a project in order to learn and develop my code capabilities with Python 3. In this project I need raw strings with paths.

Example:

rPaths = [r"Path to the app", r"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\MAGIX\\MP3 deluxe 19\\MP3deluxe.exe", r"F:\\VLC\\vlc.exe"]

I also need this to be achieved from another list that contains only normal strings:

Paths = ["Path to the app", "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\MAGIX\\MP3 deluxe 19\\MP3deluxe.exe", "F:\\VLC\\vlc.exe"]

In order to achieve that I tried the following:
( https://code.sololearn.com/c6MUJK7pgSup/#py )

rPaths1 = "%r"%Paths

rPaths2 = [re.compile(p) for p in Paths]

rPaths3 = ["%r"%p for p in Paths]

To which the results weren't the desired:

>>>print(Paths) #provided
['Path to the app', 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\MAGIX\\MP3 deluxe 19\\MP3deluxe.exe', 'F:\\VLC\\vlc.exe']

>>>print(rPaths) #desired
['Path to the app', 'C:\\\\Program Files (x86)\\\\MAGIX\\\\MP3 deluxe 19\\\\MP3deluxe.exe', 'F:\\\\VLC\\\\vlc.exe']

>>>print(rPaths1) #try1
['Path to the app', 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\MAGIX\\MP3 deluxe 19\\MP3deluxe.exe', 'F:\\VLC\\vlc.exe']

>>>print(rPaths2) #try2
[re.compile('Path to the app'), re.compile('C:\\Program Files (x86)\\MAGIX\\MP3 deluxe 19\\MP3deluxe.exe'), re.compile('F:\\VLC\\vlc.exe')]

>>>print(rPaths3) #try3
["'Path to the app'", "'C:\\\\Program Files (x86)\\\\MAGIX\\\\MP3 deluxe 19\\\\MP3deluxe.exe'", "'F:\\\\VLC\\\\vlc.exe'"]

The code works when I manually create the r before every string in a new list (rPaths) or when I double the backslashes.
However I wanted a way to add the r before every string automatically.

Can anyone help me?

I would prefer not to import anything.

Answer 1

Have you tried re.escape(...) ? this could help you.

>>> re.escape(Paths[1])
'C\\:\\\\Program\\ Files\\ \\(x86\\)\\\\MAGIX\\\\MP3\\ deluxe\\ 19\\\\MP3deluxe\\.exe'