On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 9:05 PM, Sharan Basappa <sharan.basa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 0 > down vote > favorite > > I need to change directory to my local working directory in windows and then > open a file for processing. > Its just a 3 lines code, as below: > import csv > import os > os.chdir('D:\Projects\Initiatives\machine learning\programs\assertion') > The error is as follows: > WindowsError: [Error 123] The filename, directory name, or volume label > syntax is incorrect: 'D:\Projects\Initiatives\machine > learning\programs\x07ssertion' > Notice x07 character that has replaced character x07. > I have a similar code but that goes through fine: > import csv > import os > os.chdir('D:\Projects\Initiatives\machine learning\programs')
Use forward slashes instead of backslashes for all paths. os.chdir('D:/Projects/Initiatives/machine learning/programs') ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list