instead of s='e:\mm tests\1. exp files\5.MOC-1012.exp'
try to use : s = r'e:\mm tests\1. exp files\5.MOC-1012.exp'.replace('\\',
'\\\\')
for me here is what it gives:
>>> s = r'e:\mm tests\1. exp files\5.MOC-1012.exp'.replace('\\', '\\\\')
>>> print s
e:\\mm tests\\1. exp files\\5.MOC-1012.exp
>>> s.split('\\\\')
['e:', 'mm tests', '1. exp files', '5.MOC-1012.exp']
why \\ i you only have one \ ? : you need to escape it because its a
special character to the python interpreter.
the r character is important in the expression s = r'e:\mm tests\1. exp
files\5.MOC-1012.exp'.replace('\\', '\\\\') because it tells the interpreter
to take the string as RAW and thus leave it unchanged even if it contains
special characters that should actually be treated special.
now to use the r or not to use it ? when to use it ? how to use it ? I
always use it ! & always had the result I expected, so I would suggest you
use it always too specialy with the re module, ofcourse unless the result is
not satisaying you,
so this code (using r this time works too) :
>>> s = r'e:\mm tests\1. exp files\5.MOC-1012.exp'.replace(r'\\', r'\\\\')
>>> print s
e:\\mm tests\\1. exp files\\5.MOC-1012.exp
>>> s.split('\\\\')
['e:', 'mm tests', '1. exp files', '5.MOC-1012.exp']
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