Windows path in Python

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What is the best way to represent a Windows directory  for example  C  meshes as   I have been trying to modify a script but it never works because I can t seem to get the directory right  I assume because of the     acting as escape character

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In case you d like to paste windows path from other source  say  File Explorer  - you can do so via input   call in python console    gt  gt  gt  input   D  EP stuff 1111 this is a long path you dont want to type or edit by hand  D   EP  stuff  1111  this is a long path  you dont want  to type  or edit by hand    Then just copy the result

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Use the os path module   os path join   C     meshes    as      Or use raw strings  r C  meshes as    I would also recommend no spaces in the path or file names  And you could use double backslashes in your strings     C   meshes  as jpg

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Yes    in Python string literals denotes the start of an escape sequence  In your path you have a valid two-character escape sequence  a  which is collapsed into one character that is ASCII Bell    gt  gt  gt    a    x07   gt  gt  gt  len   a   1  gt  gt  gt   C  meshes as   C   meshes x07s   gt  gt  gt  print  C  meshes as   C  meshess   Other common escape sequences include  t  tab    n  line feed    r  carriage return     gt  gt  gt  list  C  test     C          t    e    s    t    gt  gt  gt  list  C  nest     C          n    e    s    t    gt  gt  gt  list  C  rest     C          r    e    s    t     As you can see  in all these examples the backslash and the next character in the literal were grouped together to form a single character in the final string  The full list of Python s escape sequences is here   There are a variety of ways to deal with that    Python will not process escape sequences in string literals prefixed with r or R    gt  gt  gt  r C  meshes as   C   meshes  as   gt  gt  gt  print r C  meshes as   C  meshes as  Python on Windows should handle forward slashes  too  You could use os path join       gt  gt  gt  import os  gt  gt  gt  os path join  C    os sep   meshes    as    C   meshes  as       or the newer pathlib module   gt  gt  gt  from pathlib import Path  gt  gt  gt  Path  C          meshes    as   WindowsPath  C  meshes as

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Use PowerShell  In Windows  you can use   in your path just like Linux or macOS in all places as long as you use PowerShell as your command-line interface  It comes pre-installed on Windows and it supports many Linux commands like ls command   If you use Windows Command Prompt  the one that appears when you type cmd in Windows Start Menu   you need to specify paths with   just inside it  You can use   paths in all other places  code editor  Python interactive mode  etc

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you can use always    C  mydir    this works both in linux and windows  Other posibility is   C   mydir    if you have problems with some names you can also try raw string literals   r C  mydir    however best practice is to use the os path module functions that always select the correct configuration for your OS   os path join mydir  myfile    From python 3 4 you can also use the pathlib module  This is equivelent to the above   pathlib Path mydir  myfile    or  pathlib Path mydir    myfile

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