How to read a single backslash?
I’m trying to run a csv file in python.
Here is the code I’m having trouble with:
with open("\Home\myname\Downloads\my_file.csv") as file_handler: Not sure if this is relevant, but my name starts with an M and the file name starts with an A.
When I try to run it, this is the error message I get:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '\\Home\\myname\\Downloads\x07my_file.csv' I tried replacing single backslashes with double, and I get:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '\\Home\\myname\\Downloads\\my_file.csv' Can anyone show me how to get it to be read as just one slash? (I apologize if this is a simple question, I’m not too familiar with coding.)
You should do
with open(r"\Home\myname\Downloads\my_file.csv") as file_handler: That r make python interpret the string as raw. This is pertinent because \ would otherwise be treated as a special character in python.
alternatively, seeing as you are using \\ which would be the equivalent of a regular \ in python, it is possible that my_file.csv does not exist.
Use a raw string where Python treats backslashes as literal characters. See more info here.
with open(r"\Home\myname\Downloads\my_file.csv") as file_handler: 
