i am trying to json.load() a json file but getting error

Question

Code

import json
file_name = "storing and reading JSON\user_number.json"
with open(file_name) as j_obj:
    num = json.load(j_obj)
    print("I know your favorite number, it's: " + str(num))

Error

error detail: SyntaxError: (unicode error) 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode bytes in position 24-25: truncated \uXXXX escape

try file_name = "storing and reading JSON\\user_number.json" — Vasyl Bratushka, Feb 11 '18 at 15:56
wow, it worked, thanks buddy, but what is the logic behind it, how to get rid of these unicode errors? is there a source to learn this logic? — Shahzaib Zubair, Feb 11 '18 at 15:59
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1347791/unicode-error-unicodeescape-codec-cant-decode-bytes-cannot-open-text-file — Vasyl Bratushka, Feb 11 '18 at 16:05

A. Smoliak · Answer 1 · 2018-02-11T16:52:22.243

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The issue is that you have accidently written an escape character in your file directory:

file_name = "storing and reading JSON\user_number.json"

Notice after storing and reading JSON you have \u? Python is interpreting it as an escape character and as a result it cannot load your JSON file.

The right way to write the directory would be to cancel out the escape sequence by writing a double backslash \\:

  file_name = "storing and reading JSON\\user_number.json"

For more information about escape characters

edited Feb 11 '18 at 16:52

answered Feb 11 '18 at 16:31

A. Smoliak

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Please don't forget to "accept answer" to an answer that worked to solve your issue. – A. Smoliak Feb 11 '18 at 21:57

i am trying to json.load() a json file but getting error

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