how to convert pwd to return / or \\ instead of single back ward slash\

hello pwd comamnd in windows returns path with single backward \

how to convert it to return either \\ or single forward /

since sprintf requires double backward slash or forward slash in windows

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

You are approaching the problem the wrong way. sprintf() only requires \\ or / in the case that the \ appears within the format specification, such as if you had done

result = sprintf(['looking in ', pwd'] )

So... Don't Do That! Pass in the directory specification as a data string to be processed with a %s format:

result = sprintf('looking in %s', pwd)

sprintf() will not process \ in character vectors passed as any argument other than the first.