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When i write the following line of code

filename = 'E:\project\genres\blues\blues.00000.au'

I get the output as 

'E:\\project\\genres\x08lues\x08lues.00000.au'

Why is 'b' from blues replaced by x08? And how can I solve this problem?

Becky
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\b is interpreted as backspace (much like \n is new line and \t is tab). See list of ASCII control characters. \x08 is the unicode representation of \b.

You need to either:

  • Use double slashes

    filename = 'E:\\project\\genres\\blues\\blues.00000.au'

  • Use forward slashes (Yes, these work on Windows)

    filename = 'E:/project/genres/blues/blues.00000.au'

  • Use a raw-string literal

    filename = r'E:\project\genres\blues\blues.00000.au'
DeepSpace
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  • Kudos for the quick and rather complete answer; but really, please try to avoid answering questions which are obvious duplicates. We get this on a more or less daily basis. – tripleee Dec 31 '18 at 12:05