Convert backward slash to forward slash in python

Question

Hi I have read articles related converting backward to forward slashes. But sol was to use raw string.

But Problem in my case is :

I will get file path dyna

Answer 1

Raw strings are for string literals (written directly in the source file), which doesn't seem to be the case here. In any case, forward slashes are not special characters -- they can be embedded in a regular string without problems. It's backslashes that normally have other meaning in a string, and need to be "escaped" so that they get interpreted as literal backslashes.

To replace backslashes with forward slashes:

# Python:
string = r'C:\dummy_folder\a.txt'
string = string.replace('\\', '/')

# Ruby:
string = 'C:\\dummy_folder\\a.txt'
string = string.gsub('\\', '/')