Re: UnicodeDecodeError: problem when path contain folder start with character 'u

2009-06-22 Thread Piet van Oostrum
> aberry (a) a écrit: >a> I am facing an error on Unicode decoding of path if it contain a folder/file >a> name starting with character 'u' . >a> Here is what I did in IDLE >a> 1. >>> fp = "C:\\ab\\anil" >a> 2. >>> unicode(fp, "unicode_escape") >a> 3. u'C:\x07b\x07nil' >a> 4. >>> fp = "C:\

Re: UnicodeDecodeError: problem when path contain folder start with character 'u

2009-06-22 Thread Terry Reedy
aberry wrote: I am facing an error on Unicode decoding of path if it contain a folder/file name starting with character 'u' . Here is what I did in IDLE 1. >>> fp = "C:\\ab\\anil" The results in two single \s in the string. Use / for paths, even on Windows, and you will have less trouble.

Re: UnicodeDecodeError: problem when path contain folder start with character 'u

2009-06-22 Thread Vlastimil Brom
2009/6/22 aberry : > > I am facing an error on Unicode decoding of path if it contain a folder/file > name starting with character 'u' . > > Here is what I did in IDLE > 1. >>> fp = "C:\\ab\\anil" > 2. >>> unicode(fp, "unicode_escape") > 3. u'C:\x07b\x07nil' > 4. >>> fp = "C:\\ab\\unil" > 5. >>> un