How to replace special character in a file using Python?

Question:

I have data like this in file. I want replace the backslash from the entire data. I tried to use replace function after reading this text file but could not get the result. Could you please help.

[{"Name": "Segment1", "Value": 14.0, "Categories": "{"MILL CREEK": 0.0, "FAIRPORT": 1.0, "PENNINGTON": 0.0, "GREENWICH": 0.0
Asked By: Shankar Panda

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Answers:

you need to escape backslash char

str.replace('\', "")
Answered By: Felix Martinez
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