Python adds x0 to integers

Question

I am very new to Python and am getting this small problem. I am using Python 3.3

There is a variable I declared in my code

file_name = "resource\email\ham\6.txt"

However, when I look for the variable, it appends additional numbers

>>file_name
'resource\\email\\ham\x06.txt'

Is there a reason why it behaves as so? If not, how do I remove those additional characters? Also, why are they there?

Backslashes are *escape sequences*. Double the backslashes or use a raw string literal. — Martijn Pieters, Mar 07 '15 at 12:02

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 07 '15 at 12:02

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Use r raw string:

file_name = r"resource\email\ham\6.txt"

Double \:

  file_name = "resource\\email\\ham\\6.txt"

Or /:

file_name = "resource/email/ham/6.txt"

\ has a special meaning in python, it is used to escape characters.

answered Mar 07 '15 at 12:02

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