nodrogbrown wrote: > hi > i am using python on WinXP..i have a string 'folder ' that i want to > join to a set of imagefile names to create complete qualified names so > that i can create objects out of them > > folder='F:/brown/code/python/fgrp1' > filenms=['amber1.jpg', 'amber3.jpg', 'amy1.jpg', 'amy2.jpg'] > filenameslist=[] > for x in filenms: > myfile=join(folder,x) > filenameslist.append(myfile) > > now when i print the filenameslist i find that it looks like > > ['F:/brown/code/python/fgrp1\\amber1.jpg', > 'F:/brown/code/python/fgrp1\\amber3.jpg', 'F:/brown/code/python/fgrp1\ > \amy1.jpg', 'F:/brown/code/python/fgrp1\\amy2.jpg'] > > is there some problem with the way i use join? why do i get \\ infront > of the basename? > i would prefer it like 'F:/brown/code/python/fgrp1/basename.jpg',
You've got a couple of options. Your "folder" to start with is in the unixy form a/b/c and the .join function doesn't do anything to change that, merely uses os.pathsep to append the parts to each other. You can either set your folder to be r"f:\brown\code..." in the first case or use os.path.normpath or os.path.abspath on the result. TJG -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
