python - Why do I get a SyntaxError for a Unicode escape in my file path?

Question

The folder I want to get to is called python and is on my desktop.

I get the following error when I try to get to it

>>> os.chdir('C:UsersexpoperialedDesktopPython')
SyntaxError: (unicode error) 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode bytes in position 2-3: truncated UXXXXXXXX escape

Answer 1

You need to use a raw string, double your slashes or use forward slashes instead:

r'C:UsersexpoperialedDesktopPython'
'C:\Users\expoperialed\Desktop\Python'
'C:/Users/expoperialed/Desktop/Python'

In regular python strings, the U character combination signals a extended Unicode codepoint escape.

You can hit any number of other issues, for any of the recognised escape sequences, such as a or or x, etc.