[Tutor] Arrgh! Paths on windows!

[Guillermo Fernandez Castellanos]

Try either:
tmp = os.path.normpath("c:/Documents and Settings/Joe Blow/Local \
Settings/Temporary Internet Files")

or put everything in one single line.

The problem is that you split your string in 2 parts, and the interpreter tells 
you that he find the start of the string but not the end.
your command is equivalend to type:
 >>> tmp = os.path.normpath("c:/Documents and Settings/Joe Blow/Local
		
SyntaxError: EOL while scanning single-quoted string
 >>>
in IDLE :-)

Guille


vmonkey wrote:
> What is wrong with the following lines of code?
> 
> import os
> 
> tmp = os.path.normpath("c:/Documents and Settings/Joe Blow/Local
> Settings/Temporary Internet Files")
> 
> It SHOULD create a path properly formatted for windows in the variable 
> tmp.  But I get this error whenever I run it:
> 
> SyntaxError: EOL while scanning single-quoted string
> 
> Can anyone help me with this?
> 
> 
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