Python error "IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory" but file is there

Question

I am trying to read a csv file and I am getting the error above but the file is there. The line giving the error is

infilequery = file('D:\x88_2.csv','rb')

and I get the error below.

Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Python26\usrapply_onemol2.py", line 14, in infilequery = file('D:\x88_2.csv','rb') IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'D:\x88_2.csv'

I can put a file from the same directory in its place and python at least sees it. The result of os.listdir("D:") features 'x88_2.csv' and the result of "dir D:\" also includes it. When putting the filename in and allowing python to complete the path and selecting x88_2.csv from the dropdown, I still get the same error. What is up here?

Answer 1

Try

'D:\\x88_2.csv'

The \x88 is interpreted as the character at code point 0x88. Alternatively you could use raw string

r'D:\x88_2.csv'

or forward slash

'D:/x88_2.csv'