Reading from file in Python, weird error

Question

 f = open(\"‪C:\\Users\\aleed_000\\Desktop\\dis.txt\",\"r\")
 print (f.read())
 f.close()

Can anyone explain why this doesn\'t read from my file named

Answer 1

Use a raw string or escape each '\' by prefixing another '\' to it:

because C:\Users\aleed_000\Desktop\dis.txt is actually interpreted like this:

>>> print ("‪C:\Users\aleed_000\Desktop\dis.txt") # '\a' gets escaped
C:\Usersleed_000\Desktop\dis.txt

Raw string:

>>> print (r"‪C:\Users\aleed_000\Desktop\dis.txt")  #notice the r at the start
C:\Users\aleed_000\Desktop\dis.txt

Escape each '\':

>>> print ("‪C:\\Users\\aleed_000\\Desktop\\dis.txt")
C:\Users\aleed_000\Desktop\dis.txt