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I am facing a very basic problem using directory path in python script. When I do copy path from the windows explorer, it uses backward slash as path seperator which is causing problem.
>>> x
'D:\testfolder'
>>> print x
D: estfolder
>>> print os.path.normpath(x)
D: estfolder
>>> print os.path.abspath(x)
D:\ estfolder
>>> print x.replace('\\','/')
D: estfolder
Can some one please help me to fix this.
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In Python, you use the double slash // operator to perform floor division. This // operator divides the first number by the second number and rounds the result down to the nearest integer (or whole number).
Programming languages, such as Python, treat a backslash (\) as an escape character. For instance, \n represents a line feed, and \t represents a tab. When specifying a path, a forward slash (/) can be used in place of a backslash. Two backslashes can be used instead of one to avoid a syntax error.
This problem arises because the Windows system uses the backslash “\” as a path separator and Linux uses the slash “/”. Unfortunately, since the Windows separator is also the initiator for diverse special characters or escape in Unicode, it obviously confuses everything.
Python interprets a \t in a string as a tab character; hence, "D:\testfolder" will print out with a tab between the : and the e, as you noticed. If you want an actual backslash, you need to escape the backslash by entering it as \\:
>>> x = "D:\\testfolder"
>>> print x
D:\testfolder
However, for cross-platform compatibility, you should probably use os.path.join. I think that Python on Windows will automatically handle forward slashes (/) properly, too.
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