Do raw strings in python disable meta characters such as \w or \d just as they do with \n? : <p>I am new to Python. Can someone tell me what is the difference between these two regex statements (re.findall(r"\d+","i am aged 35")) and (re.findall("\d+","i am aged 35")).</p>

<p>I had the understanding that the raw string in the first statement will make "\d+" inactive because that is the primarily role of a raw string - to make escape characters inactive.  In other words "\d+" will not be a meta character for finding/searching/matching digits if a raw string is used. However, I now see that both statements return the same result. </p>
