> Robert Dailey wrote: >> I have the following code: >> >> str = "C:/somepath/folder/file.txt" >> >> for char in str: >> if char == "\\": >> char = "/" >> >> The above doesn't modify the variable 'str' directly. I'm still pretty new >> to Python so if someone could explain to me why this isn't working and what >> I can do to achieve the same effect I would greatly appreciate it.
I assume what you are actually looking for is the os.path module. http://docs.python.org/lib/module-os.path.html Especially the normpath() function should be of interest. Stefan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list