UnicodeDecodeError: problem when path contain folder start with character 'u'

aberry · #1 June 22nd, 2009, 07:53 AM

I am facing an error on Unicode decoding of path if it contain a folder/file name starting with character 'u'

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 >>> fp = "C:\\ab\\anil"

>>> unicode(fp, "unicode_escape")

u'C:\x07b\x07nil' 

>>> fp = "C:\\ab\\unil"

>>> unicode(fp, "unicode_escape")
 
Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<pyshell#41>", line 1, in <module>

    unicode(fp, "unicode_escape")

UnicodeDecodeError: 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode bytes in position 5-9: end of string in escape sequence

>>>

I am not sure what is causing this error.
any help appreciated

Rgds,
aberry

YarrOfDoom · #2 June 23rd, 2009, 10:41 PM

I'm guessing it's seeing \unil as Unicode-Escape encoding.

On that page is also an explanation of how to use a string's encode-function, which might be better suited in this case.

UnicodeDecodeError: problem when path contain folder start with character 'u'

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