[Tutor] Fwd: raw_input a directory path

[Spencer Parker]

Spreading it to the list...

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From: Spencer Parker <inthefridge at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, May 12, 2010 at 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Tutor] raw_input a directory path
To: Luke Paireepinart <rabidpoobear at gmail.com>


Forget all of what I said...I found the problem...I was encasing the
variable with quotes instead of just letting it be a variable.  I am dumb...


On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Luke Paireepinart
<rabidpoobear at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Spencer Parker <inthefridge at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I have a search and replace script that I am having the user put in the
> > directory path as raw_input.  The problem lies when I run the script it
> > doesn't pick that up for some reason.  Is there an appropriate way to
> take a
> > directory path as input? This is on windows...
>
> Well I could speculate about all the different problems this could be
> caused by,
> or you could provide more detail.
> Let's go with that.
>
> How do you know the script doesn't input the data correctly?
> and why do you think it doesn't?
> Where is the code that performs this?
> How are you running the script?
>
> Directory path should be no different than any other string.
> I'm guessing it has to do with backslashes but I'll wait until you
> explicate.
> -Luke
>
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