> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:python- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Reedick, Andrew > Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 12:11 PM > To: globalrev; python-list@python.org > Subject: RE: exists=false, but no complaint when i open it!? > > > > > print os.path.exists('C:\Users\saftarn\Desktop\NetFlixDataSet > > \trainingsetunzipped\training_set\mv_0000001.txt') > > > > > You're falling victim to string interpolation because of the > backslashes. (\n == newline, \N == N). > > Try using a raw string r'filename', instead of 'filename': > print > os.path.exists(r'C:\Users\saftarn\Desktop\NetFlixDataSet\trainingsetunz > i > pped\training_set\mv_0000001.txt') > >
Specificially, the \t in '\trainingsetunzipped' and in '\training_set' were being treated as tab characters. Ignore my comment about '\N == N'. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
