New submission from Alex:
1. I created file (C:\Users\Alkor\Desktop\a3434.raw) on my desktop
2. Tried to get the file name from the absolute path
Actual result:
C:\Users\Alkorpython
Python 2.7.3 (default, Apr 10 2012, 23:24:47) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)] on
win32
Type help, copyright,
STINNER Victor added the comment:
print os.path.basename (C:\Users\Alkor\Desktop\a3434.raw)
Ah, it's a common trap of the Python syntax (and PHP, and C, and ...
languages). \ is a special character, you have to escape it: \\.
C:\\Users\\Alkor\\Desktop\\a3434.raw
or simply use the raw string
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