How can I introduce a ' \ ' after ' sprintf '

Hello

I have a problem introducing a slash after 'sprintf' function

My code is this:

folderName1='Image_%d_TrueColor_Segmentation';

mkdir('C:\Software\AUTOMATED RESULTS\Segmented_Images',sprintf(folderName1,Num_Exe)); 

 ab=['C:\Software\Segmented_Images\',sprintf(folderName1,Num_Exe)];

My problem occurs as I am trying to introduce a '\' after the path of 'ab' variable. I tried to intriduce it in the 'folderName1' variable at the end but did not work.

Any ideas ???

Thank you in advance

Answer 1

[Jan]

Either use \\ or insert the backslashes as string input:

sprintf('String\\backslashes\\OtherString')
sprintf('String%sOtherString', '\backlash\')

This is explained in "help sprintf". Whenever you have a problem with a specific command, reading the help and doc is recommended.

But for your problem the command fullfile would be more reliable. For details, see "help fullfile".

Answer 2

[Image Analyst]

Dimitris, for simplicity, just don't use backslashes. Did you know that forward slashes work just fine for Windows paths? But anyway, the solution is to use fullfile() like Jan said - it takes care of all that for you.

[Adri]

I logged in just to like and comment this answer. Thank you very much!

Answer 3

[Dimitris M]

Thank you very much

I read the documentation of course prior contacting you , but sometimes is too complex and I can not really understand it.

Thank you again for your help !

[Jan]

You are welcome. When reading the documentation does help, it helps faster than the forum. In addition the documentation of Matlab has a high quality. Therefore I suggest to read it whenever I can.

[Daniel]

On the other hand, forum answers are faster than the doc for the hundreds who will come after :)