Odd question; I got this to work by accident and have narrowed it down to the following:
myPath = "c:\abc"
print myPath
Why does this cause the PC to beep? I'm using on Windows 7, dragging the script into a command prompt window.
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Because `\a` is the [bell ASCII code](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_character), and not just a backslash character and the letter `a`. – Martijn Pieters Apr 02 '18 at 14:55
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Thanks for the answer. I wouldn't say it was a duplicate tough, as I get no error; just the bell sound. – Ghoul Fool Apr 02 '18 at 15:07
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No, but the issue is exactly the same; you used unescaped backslashes in a string literal, where ``\`` plus something else has special meaning. – Martijn Pieters Apr 02 '18 at 15:49
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I would have got there eventually :) – Ghoul Fool Apr 02 '18 at 16:13
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The reason is the same as in my answer to your yesterdays question... – atru Apr 02 '18 at 19:09