On Wed, 02 Apr 2014 16:27:04 -0700, Steve wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm in need of some encoding/decoding help for a situation for a Windows
> Path that contains Unicode characters in it.
>
> ---- CODE ----
>
> import os.path
> import codecs
> import sys
>
> All_Tests =
> [u"c:\automation_common\Python\TestCases\list_dir_script.txt"]
I don't think this has anything to do with Unicode encoding or decoding.
In Python string literals, the backslash makes the next character
special. So \n makes a newline, \t makes a tab, and so forth. Only if the
character being backslashed has no special meaning does Python give you a
literal backslash:
py> print("x\tx")
x x
py> print("x\Tx")
x\Tx
In this case, \a has special meaning, and is converted to the ASCII BEL
control character:
py> u"...\automation"
u'...\x07utomation'
When working with Windows paths, you should make a habit of either
escaping every backslash:
u"c:\\automation_common\\Python\\TestCases\\list_dir_script.txt"
using a raw-string:
ur"c:\automation_common\Python\TestCases\list_dir_script.txt"
or just use forward slashes:
u"c:/automation_common/Python/TestCases/list_dir_script.txt"
Windows accepts both forward and backslashes in file names.
If you fix that issue, I expect your problem will go away.
--
Steven
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