vs code different color for backslash in r string

Question

in visual studio code, the line below \U and \P and \L are shown in a different color even though they have no effect in r strings why is that?

app = r'C:\Users\Sandramohan\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\python.exe'

Answer 1

It's a feature - apparently a lower 'r' is colored as regex, whereas a capital 'R' is colored as a rawstring.

Use a capital R to get correct coloring:

app = R"C:\Hello\World"