ignoring backslash character in python
<p>This one is a bit tricky I think. </p>

<p>if I have:</p>

<pre><code>a = "fwd"
b = "\fwd"
</code></pre>

<p>how can I ignore the <code>"\"</code> so something like</p>

<pre><code>print(a in b)
</code></pre>

<p>can evaluate to True?</p>