trouble using "\" as a string

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OriginalBrownster wrote:
[I un-bottom-posted this]
> Jim wrote:
>> Try using: tempname = "\\"
>> Jim
> that stores tempname as "\\"
> 
> ..

    	I don't think so.  I think you just think it's storing it as that 
because if you enter it at the interactive prompt it shows '\\'.  But 
try len(tempname) and see if it's 1.

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