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nuno
nuno

Reputation: 11

python string error

dir = "C:\Users\Geraldes\Desktop\media\teste\ASMS_TapeA01A1691329.mxf"

print dir

using the code above, i get this... i know that \t is tab

C:\Users\Geraldes\Desktop\media  (espacamento)  este\ASMS_TapeA01A1691329.mxf

but, to fix this i do:

dir1 = dir.replace("\\", "\\\\")

print "dir:",dir1

and i get

C:\\Users\\Geraldes\\Desktop\\media (espacamento)  este\\ASMS_TapeA01A1691329.mxf

how can i fix this problem?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 236

Answers (5)

user823447
user823447

Reputation: 146

A less obvious and less efficient way is to do the following:

import os
os.chdir()#change to each directory separately
print os.getcwd()

Upvotes: 0

joaquin
joaquin

Reputation: 85613

Nobody said but, in addition to expanded backlashes and raw strings, you can also use forward slashes

>>> dir = "C:/Users/Geraldes/Desktop/media/teste/ASMS_TapeA01A1691329.mxf"
>>> dir
'C:/Users/Geraldes/Desktop/media/teste/ASMS_TapeA01A1691329.mxf'
>>>

In fact, forward slashes are accepted by Windows (Check this for more info)

Microsoft Windows [Versión 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. Reservados todos los derechos.

C:\>cd Users/joaquin

C:\Users\joaquin>

In any case the safest method is to use os.path.join to build your paths in an OS agnostic way.

>>> import os
>>> os.path.join('C:\Users', 'Geraldes', 'Desktop', 'media', 'teste', 'ASMS.mxf')
'C:\\Users\\Geraldes\\Desktop\\media\\teste\\ASMS.mxf'
>>>

Upvotes: 4

Marcin
Marcin

Reputation: 238131

You can use raw formatting:

dir = r"C:\Users\Geraldes\Desktop\media\teste\ASMS_TapeA01A1691329.mxf"

This will print as:

>>> print(dir)
C:\Users\Geraldes\Desktop\media\teste\ASMS_TapeA01A1691329.mxf

Upvotes: 3

Felix Kling
Felix Kling

Reputation: 816364

Define a "raw" string:

dir = r"C:\Users\Geraldes\Desktop\media\teste\ASMS_TapeA01A1691329.mxf"

Upvotes: 3

Nate
Nate

Reputation: 12819

escape your original string's backslashes, or use raw strings.

That is,

dir = "C:\\Users\\Geraldes\\Desktop\\media\\teste\\ASMS_TapeA01A1691329.mxf"

or

dir = r"C:\Users\Geraldes\Desktop\media\teste\ASMS_TapeA01A1691329.mxf"

BUT: be careful with the second choice, because raw strings were not invented for windows paths - they were put there for regular expressions. Thus, one day you will find that you want to put a backslash at the end of the string, like this:

dir = "C:\Users\Geraldes\Desktop\media\teste\"

It won't work. This is discussed in greater depth here.

Upvotes: 5

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