Error:

When specifying the file path with Python, the error ‘syntax error: (Unicode error)’ Unicode escape ‘codec can’t decode bytes in position 2-3: truncated \ uxxxxxxxx escape’ may occur.

The reason for the error is that “\” is used in a string such as a path, which is treated as an escape sequence. In the windows environment, the combination of ‘\’ and characters represents an escape sequence. Python provides escape sequences including \\(backslash) and \n (line spacing).

Generally speaking, the path is as follows:

C:\Users\Desktop\myproject

Solution:

Windows：

Use the escape sequence “\\” representing the backslash (on windows\), as follows:

C:\\Users\\Desktop\\myproject

Unix:

Use “/” to separate directories

C:/Users/Desktop/myproject