How to concatenate strings to build full path?

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path = r'C:\Program Files\1\1.exe'

I can run a program using the path above. I don't want to hardcode it, so I'm trying to use a variable in place of the 1s. This is what I came up with:

variable1 = '1'
path = r'C:\Program Files\ , +variable1 , +\, +variable1, +.exe'

This doesn't work. How do I make it work?

Use `os.path.join()`. And either use `/` or raw strings, otherwise the backslash starts escape sequences. — Barmar, May 11 '20 at 16:30

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 11 '20 at 17:31

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variable1 = '1'

path = 'C:\\Program Files\\'+variable1+'\\'+variable1+'.exe'

\ is special char so you need to escape it with another \

edited May 11 '20 at 17:31

John Kugelman

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answered May 11 '20 at 16:34

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Use a raw string so it's not special. – Barmar May 11 '20 at 16:35
thanks , i didn't see the r :p – Sami Fakhfakh May 11 '20 at 16:39

How to concatenate strings to build full path?

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