str.replace() when str contains \

[Barry]

> On 29 Oct 2022, at 22:14, Bernard LEDRU <python at bernardledru.be> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#string-methods
> 
> str.replace(old, new[, count])¶
> Return a copy of the string with all occurrences of substring old replaced by new. If the optional argument count is given, only the first count occurrences are replaced.
> 
> Attention when the string contains the escape character.
> 
> Consider :
> 
>>>> a="H:\2023"; print(a.replace("\\","/"))
> H:3
>>>> a="H:\a2023"; print(a.replace("\\","/"))
> H:2023
>>>> a="H:\_2023"; print(a.replace("\\","/"))
> H:/_2023

String a does not quote the \ after :.
You need “H:\\2023” etc. check what a is before the replace with a
print(repr(a))

Barry

> 
> Best regards,
> Bernard LEDRU
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