python unicode error code example

Example 1: python open encoding utf-8

from io import open
f = open("test", mode="r", encoding="utf-8")

Example 2: SyntaxError: (unicode error) 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode bytes in position 15-16: truncated \UXXXXXXXX escape

"c:\\user\\path\\to\\file"
r"c:\user\path\to\file
# this happens because \u is the default escape code for unicode and is fixed
# either by using double slashes (no \u anymore) or converting to raw string

Example 3: unicode error python

# You either need to duplicate all backslashes:
"C:\\Users\\Eric\\Desktop\\beeline.txt"
# Or prefix the string with r (to produce a raw string):
r"C:\Users\Eric\Desktop\beeline.txt"