Error code while trying to change dictionary folder

Question

I tried to make a simple program that tells me information about an Image. But when i try to change the image folder with os.chdir()

from PIL import Image
import os
os.chdir('C:\Users\Yonatan\PycharmProjects\Python Programs\Color')

i get this error code: SyntaxError: (unicode error) 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode bytes in position 2-3: truncated \UXXXXXXXX escape

Please help. ~Yonatan Cohen

use `r'C:\Users\Yonatan\PycharmProjects\Python Programs\Color'` instead — PRMoureu, Jul 29 '17 at 12:03
Possible duplicate of [Windows path in python](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2953834/windows-path-in-python) — PRMoureu, Jul 29 '17 at 12:19

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 29 '17 at 12:16

r'C:\Users\kallz\Desktop\alice.txt'.

That way, everything in the string is interpreted as a literal character, and you don't have to escape every backslash.

That means, r'C:\Users\kallz\Desktop\alice.txt' will evaluate to 'C:\Users\kallz\Desktop\alice.txt'' - without causing the backslash to escape characters.

in your Code

from PIL import Image
import os
os.chdir(r'C:\Users\Yonatan\PycharmProjects\Python Programs\Color')

Error code while trying to change dictionary folder

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