replacing things on a string

I have a char array like so:
char path[275]={0};
in the array, I have this string:
c:\test\other
I want to change that string to:
c:\\test\\other

... I don't get what you are trying to say! You put: "char path[275]={0}; " First of all (unless 0 means something else) '\0' is the null character. And why initialize it? And if you want to enter your own filename at runtime do like this:

char path[275];
cin.getline(path, 274, '\n');
// 274 to leave space for the null character at the end...

Do you understand this?

Sorry about that. I'm not been very descriptive

the first thing I'm doing is initializing the array so that it doesn't contain garbage. I like initializing my arrays.

The string that it contains comes from a text file. I want to use that string as a file name for functions such as FindFirstFile(); however, as we know, if you pass functions an string like this:
c:\test\other
it will be no good as we have to scape our backlash. So, I already have the string, what i need is a function/method to turn the string c:\test\other that is contained in path[] to c:\\test\\other so that I could use it the above named functions.

Can't you just open your textfile and change it?

But I have an alternative... Make a header file! (Do you know how?)

That's all basic stuff... How would a header file help, though?
I need to do what I'm asking from within the app. The text file is a configuration file for a program that I'm making.

If the '\' character is already in the character array you don't need to escape it. You only need to do that if you use it in a string literal.

Really? I'm gonna check it out.
If you're right, OMG!
I can't believe I didn't try that.