doubling slashes in a string

[Kevin Cazabon]

Got one better for you:  use the tool that was WRITTEN to do what you're
trying to do.

import os

name = os.path.join("c:", "windows", "temp", "temp.file")

print name

>>> "c:\windows\temp\temp.file"

name = os.path.split(name)

print name

>>> ["c:\windows\temp", "temp.file"]

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This has the added advantage of being platform independant, joining names
properly for all platforms.  You'll note the "single" slashes above, but
they're recorded properly as doubles in the actual string:  when printed,
they show up the way "intended".  if you do the above in command-line mode,
and simple type "name" instead of "print name", you'll see what I mean.

Kevin.


"Joshua Muskovitz" <josh at open.com> wrote in message
news:39de8a48_3 at corp.newsfeeds.com...
| Man, I just have to say, I *love* python.  I was struggling with the
problem
| of how to take a pathname and double all of the backslashes in it, so that
| (for example):
|
| c:\foo\bar\zingo.walla.walla --> c:\\foo\\bar\\zingo.walla.walla
|
| And I was trying for figure out how to walk the character list and build a
| new string, and then it dawned on me:
|
| newname = string.join(string.split(oldname,"\\"), "\\\\")
|
| It just keeps getting better and better.  Thanks for inventing it, Guido!
|
| -- josh
|
|
|
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