parse this directory path without losing slash

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hi,

I have a wxPython application. I am taking in a directory path from a textbox using GetValue().

I notice that while trying to parse in the directory path

"C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Desktop\InputFile.xls",

python sees the string as

'C:\\Documents and Settings\UserName\\Desktop\\InputFile.xls' (missing a slash between "Settings" and "UserName).

Why is it that only that slash is not correctly escaped? Once the string has been changed to 'C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Desktop\InputFile.xls', is there a type conversion or function that can does this properly? Thanks.

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