\06 is converted to a character that looks like a spade

[curious000cat]

saveInPath = "C:\Users\User\Documents\AV_FILES\06_School\Python205\ProjectNov2014\CODE_CLEAN\NotQuiteBackUP"		
lccSysProcCons = SystemProcessControls()
dateTimeNow = lccSysProcCons.getDateTimeNow()
name = "RejectedTracksList %s" % str(dateTimeNow)
saveAsName = saveInPath + "\\" + name + ".txt"
print saveAsName

The code above is from a python script currently being developed. The script errors out due to an invalid filename.
The invalid value was due to the saveAsName which when printed out shows up as:

C:\Users\User\D ocuments\AV_FIL ES♠_School\Pyth on205\ProjectNo v2014\CODE_CLEA N\NotQuiteBackU P\RejectedTrack sList 2014-12-27 15:31:07.txt

NOTICE the spade character [♠] in place of [\06].

Why is this? This will probably be resolved by changing the folder name. I just want to know why this happens.

[bvdet]

From the Python docs:
"The backslash (\) character is used to escape characters that otherwise have a special meaning, such as newline, backslash itself, or the quote character. String literals may optionally be prefixed with a letter "r" or "R"; such strings are called raw strings and use different rules for backslash escape sequences."

In your case, precede the open quote with an "r" so it will be treated as a raw string or use double backslashes "\\".

>>> print r"C:\Users\User\Documents\AV_FILES\06_School\Python205\ProjectNov2014\CODE_CLEAN\NotQuiteBackUP"
C:\Users\User\Documents\AV_FILES\06_School\Python205\ProjectNov2014\CODE_CLEAN\NotQuiteBackUP
>>> print "C:\\Users\\User\Documents\\AV_FILES\\06_School\\Python205\\ProjectNov2014\\CODE_CLEAN\\NotQuiteBackUP"
C:\Users\User\Documents\AV_FILES\06_School\Python205\ProjectNov2014\CODE_CLEAN\NotQuiteBackUP
>>>

[curious000cat]

Hi! Somebody told me that the phenomenon was due to it being converted to a unicode character, well anyway, I also did as you suggested. Thanks!