"tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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?
reading up on how string literals work might help:
http://www.python.org/doc/current/tut/node5.html#SECTION005120000000000000000
http://www.python.org/doc/current/ref/strings.html
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