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I am trying to change directory using a variable which contains a path but os.chdir changes the \ in the path to \ which makes it undreadable/undefined for the os module and crashes.

any ideas on how to overcome this please?[shot ][1]

Mahmoud Yassine
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Try to use raw strings when dealing with file paths.

BOOKING_DIR = r"path to your dir"
BcK
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  • My path is stored in a variable and I can't use r with the name of the variable where the string is stored. – Mahmoud Yassine May 06 '18 at 18:00
  • In that case maybe try changing damn `backslashes` with `double backslashes`. Man, I couldn't write it with \`s haha. @MahmoudYassine – BcK May 06 '18 at 18:10
  • I did that but os.chdir made them 4 slashes ! – Mahmoud Yassine May 06 '18 at 18:20
  • Last thing that comes to my mind is, you can try to split the whole string by `\ ` and then join them with the `os.path.join()` @MahmoudYassine – BcK May 06 '18 at 20:15