i am getting this error in python when ever i try doing something with the files

Question

import os
file = open("C:\Users\tiger\OneDrive\Desktop\demofile.txt","r")
print(file.read())
file.close

PS C:\Users\tiger> & C:/Users/tiger/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python310/python.exe "c:/Users/tiger/test files.py"
  File "c:\Users\tiger\test files.py", line 2
    file = open("C:\Users\tiger\OneDrive\Desktop\demofile.txt","r")
                                             
                 ^
SyntaxError: (unicode error) 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode bytes in position 2-3: truncated \UXXXXXXXX escape
PS C:\Users\tiger>

i tried to read the file but it is giving me error

`\U` has a special meaning in a Python string literal. To avoid that, use `r"C:\Users\tiger\OneDrive\Desktop\demofile.txt"`. Make it a habit to use a raw string like that whenever you're dealing with Windows file paths or regular expressions. — BoarGules, Jan 01 '23 at 08:45

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 01 '23 at 08:58

The backslash and the letter t at word tiger "\tiger" in your code at line two is being interpreted as a special function used to represent certain whitespace characters

The quickest solution to solve this is by doubling the backslashes:

file = open("C:\\Users\\tiger\\OneDrive\\Desktop\\demofile.txt","r")
print(file.read())
file.close

You can find this article or answer for more details on how to do this

They are other like:-
\n = linefeed (prints the stuff after this on the next line) \r = carriage return (basically also used for printing stuff on the next line)
\’ = print a single quote ( ‘ ) in your text
\” = print a double quote ( “ ) in your text
\ = print a backslash ( \ ) in your text

i am getting this error in python when ever i try doing something with the files

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