remove this unidentified character “\” from string python

Question

I want to remove this string "\\". But i can't remove it because it's needed to do "\\t or \\n". Then i try this one """"\\"""". But the python still don't do anything. I think the binary is not get this string. This is the code

remove = string.replace(""""\"""", " ")

And I want to replace

"\workspace\file.txt" become "workspace file.txt"

Anyone have any idea? Thanks in advance

Answer 1

You're trying to replace a backslash, but since Python uses backslashes as escape characters, you actually have to escape the backslash itself.

remove = str.replace("\\", " ")

DEMO:

In [1]: r"\workspace\file.txt".replace("\\", " ")
Out[1]: ' workspace file.txt'

Note the leading space. You may want to call str.strip on the end result.

Answer 2

You have to escape the backslash, as it has special meaning in strings. Even in your original string, if you leave it like that, it'll come out...not as you expect:

"\workspace\file.txt" --> '\\workspace\x0cile.txt'

Here's something that will break the string up by a backslash, join them together with a space where the backslash was, and trim the whitespace before and after the string. It also contains the correctly escaped string you need.

" ".join("\\workspace\\file.txt".split("\\")).strip()

Answer 3

View this way you can archive this,

>>> str = r"\workspace\file.txt"
>>> str.replace("\\", " ").strip()
'workspace file.txt'
>>>