In [1]:
path = r'C:\new\test.txt'

In [2]:
len(path)


Out[2]:
15

In [3]:
for c in path:
    print(c, '%02X' % ord(c))


C 43
: 3A
\ 5C
n 6E
e 65
w 77
\ 5C
t 74
e 65
s 73
t 74
. 2E
t 74
x 78
t 74

In [4]:
print("<{}>".format(path))


<C:\new\test.txt>

In [5]:
print("<{!r}>".format(path))


<'C:\\new\\test.txt'>

In [6]:
print("<%s>" % path)


<C:\new\test.txt>

In [7]:
print("<%r>" % path)


<'C:\\new\\test.txt'>