@Mike and the others yesterday
I did think after I posted that code (the string substitution thing) that it
might do that. Thanks for clarifying that it was rubbish :P
@ Alexnb
I'm do a lot of support on a community forum that uses Python as it's
language - I can tell you from experience that posting a chunk of code is
far easier to disseminate than a text description. As already mentioned the
fact that there IS a problem/question inherently means there is a missed
step of understanding. What ends up happening is that we form in our minds
the code we would use to do what your describing: what you have could be
totally different :)
Post-da-code :)
Tom
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From: "Carsten Haese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 7:05 PM
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
To: <python-list@python.org>
Subject: Re: problems with opening files due to file's path
Alexnb wrote:
Okay, so as a response to all of you, I will be using the Entry() widget
in
Tkinter to get this path. and the repr() function just makes all my
backslashes 4 instead of just 1, and it still screwes it up with the
numbers
and parenthesis is has been since the first post. Oh and I know all about
escape characters, (\n,\b,\a,etc.) I can program C, not a lot, but enough
to
know that I like python better. Anyway, so far I tried all of your stuff,
and it didn't work. infact, it puts backslashes in front of the "'" in
some
of the words, such as "I'm" goes to "I\'m." So I posted the code I will
be
using if you want to see the Tkinter code I can post it, but I don't see
how
it will help.
Your reluctance to post your code puzzles me. Several people have asked
you several times to post your code. We're not doing this to waste your
time. In fact, your reluctance to post your code wastes your time and our
time by making us guess.
Seeing your code should enable us to see exactly what the problem is. Your
vague descriptions of what's going on are not useful because they are
filtered through your inaccurate understanding of what's going on. I mean
no offense by this, but if your understanding were accurate, you wouldn't
be here asking for help.
So, if you want us to help you, please humor us and post the actual code
that gets the filename from the user and attempts to open the file. Also
tell us what input you're entering and the output the code produces.
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