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  1. import re
  2.  
  3. string = """This ain't funny, you know.
  4. But this escaped one (\") won't change."""
  5.  
  6. rx = re.compile(r'''(?<!\\)(["'])''')
  7.  
  8. string = rx.sub(r'\\\1', string)
  9. print(string)
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This ain\'t funny, you know.
But this escaped one (\") won\'t change.
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Python (cpython 2.7.16)
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