Question

Hi
I have read articles related converting backward to forward slashes.
But sol was to use raw string.

But Problem in my case is :

I will get file path dynamically to a variable
var=’C:\dummy_folder\a.txt’
In this case i need to convert it to Forward slashes.
But due to ‘\a’,i am not able to convert to forward slashes

How to i convert it? OR How should i change this string to raw string so that i can change it to forward slash

Answer 1

Don’t do this. Just use os.path and let it handle everything. You should not explicitly set the forward or backward slashes.

>>> var=r'C:\dummy_folder\a.txt'
>>> var.replace('\\', '/')
'C:/dummy_folder/a.txt'

But again, don’t. Just use os.path and be happy!