tim wrote: > trying to work with a directory in windows, that has "\a" in the full > pathname > > this works: > > >>> c = string.replace('c:\content\ce\cw\cvd', '\\', '\\') > >>> c > 'c:\\content\\ce\\cw\\cvd' > > this doesn't: > > >>> c = string.replace('c:\content\a\a\avd', '\\', '\\') > >>> c > 'c:\\content\x07\x07\x07vd' > > same goes for paths containing "\b" > > what's the workaround? > > thank you!
Use raw strings: r"..." >>> 'c:\abc' 'c:\x07bc' >>> r'c:\abc' 'c:\\abc' >>> len(r'c:\abc') 6 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list