On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 8:47 PM, Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+py...@gmail.com> wrote: > In this case, the problem is the bogus Unicode escape that you > inadvertently included in your path: `\Us...`. To fix it, either use a > 'raw' string (`r"C:\Users\..."`) or use forward slashes rather than > backslashes, which Windows is happy to accept.
Forward slash is acceptable when all you need to support is DOS-style paths that are limited to DOS semantics and MAX_PATH. A raw string works, except not for paths ending in backslash and not for unicode strings in Python 2. A generic solution is to use a pathlib.Path() in 3.x, which normalizes the path to use backslash, or os.path.normpath() in 2.x. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
