I’m trying to get a list of all the files in this folder then print them but I keep getting an error (using python).
import os
files = os.listdir("C:\Users\Alex\Desktop\Channel")
Error – File "C:\Users\Alex\PycharmProjects\First\venv\First.py", line 2
files = os.listdir("C:\Users\Alex\Desktop\Channel")
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
SyntaxError: (unicode error) ‘unicodeescape’ codec can’t decode bytes in position 2-3: truncated \UXXXXXXXX escape.
I moved the folder around and changed its name many times but nothing seems to work.
>Solution :
The problem above arises because of the character sequence, \U. In Python strings, this is an escape sequence used to denote special Unicode characters that wish to be represented in the string and the following characters do not denote a Unicode character causing the above error. I recommend either escape the character, using the os.path.join solution to avoid using the character, or to use relative paths in Windows with the forward slash (/) to fix the above problem. I have attached a relevant link that might help.
Good luck with your project!
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