What would be the most painless way to input un-escaped characters sequence to std::string

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Asked: June 3, 20262026-06-03T16:41:50+00:00 2026-06-03T16:41:50+00:00

What would be the most painless way to input un-escaped characters sequence to std::string?

Instead of

 std::string st = "C:\\program files\\myFile.txt";

something like: (Doesn’t work correctly due to escape characters).

 std::string st = "C:\program files\myFile.txt";

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-06-03T16:41:52+00:00

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For filenames, just use (forward? back?) the other direction slash. It works on Windows too:

std::string st = "C:/program files/myFile.txt";

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