[Tutor] Python file escaping issue?

[Sithembewena Lloyd Dube]

Hi all,

I'm trying to read a file (Python 2.5.2, Windows XP) as follows:

assignment_file = open('C:\Documents and Settings\coderoid\My
Documents\Downloads\code_sample.txt', 'r+').readlines()
new_file = open(new_file.txt, 'w+')
for line in assignment_file:
    new_file.write(line)

new_file.close()
assignment_file.close()

When the code runs, the file path has the slashes converted to double
slashes. When  try to escape them, i just seemto add more slashes. What am i
missing?


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Regards,
Sithembewena Lloyd Dube
http://www.lloyddube.com
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