> On 29 Oct 2022, at 22:14, Bernard LEDRU <pyt...@bernardledru.be> wrote: > > Hello, > > https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#string-methods > > str.replace(old, new[, count])¶ > Return a copy of the string with all occurrences of substring old replaced by > new. If the optional argument count is given, only the first count > occurrences are replaced. > > Attention when the string contains the escape character. > > Consider : > >>>> a="H:\2023"; print(a.replace("\\","/")) > H:3 >>>> a="H:\a2023"; print(a.replace("\\","/")) > H:2023 >>>> a="H:\_2023"; print(a.replace("\\","/")) > H:/_2023
String a does not quote the \ after :. You need “H:\\2023” etc. check what a is before the replace with a print(repr(a)) Barry > > Best regards, > Bernard LEDRU > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
