[Tutor] os.chdir() will not accept string variable

[Rodney Lewis]

I cannot get os.chdir() to accept inputData[0].  os.chdir() works as
expected in the interpreter when I put the little 'r' before the exact
same string but as a literal, e.g.: r"F:\Music\Siouxsie and the
Banshees\the rapture"

When I try to run it I get the following error in reference to the
os.chdir() line:

WindowsError: [Error 123] The filename, directory name, or volume
label syntax is incorrect 'F:\\Music\\Siouxsie and the Banshees\\the
rapture\n'

Why is it doubling the backslashes and adding '\n' to the end?  How do
I make it stop?  What does the little 'r' mean before a string literal
and how do I do the same for a string variable?

# mdf -- mp3datafixer

import glob, os

def mdf():
    inputFile = open( 'mdfinputs.txt', 'r' )
    inputData = inputFile.readlines()
    inputFile.close()

    os.chdir( r'%s' % inputData[0] )
    newNames = []
    oldNames = glob.glob( '*.*' )
    for index, item in enumerate( oldNames ):
        print index, item

if __name__ == '__main__':
    mdf()
    raw_input( "\nPress 'enter' to close console window:" ) # Keeps
console window open in Windows

Thanks!


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