title: 'CSV does not exist' - Pandas DataFrame
body: <p>I'm having difficulty reading a csv file into the pandas data frame. I am a total newcomer to pandas, and this is preventing me from progressing. I have read the documentation and searched for solutions, but I am unable to proceed. I have tried the following to no avail...</p>
  
  <pre><code>import pandas as pd
  import numpy as np
  pd.read_csv('C:\Users\rcreedon\Desktop\TEST.csv')
  pd.read_csv("C:\Users\rcreedon\Desktop\TEST.csv")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and similar permutations with/without quotation marks. </p>
  
  <p>It spits out a large composite error that ends in:</p>
  
  <pre><code>IOError: File C:\Users
  creedon\Desktop\TEST.csv does not exist
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It seems strange that in the error it misses of the "r" from "rcreedon". Is this what's causing the problem?</p>
  
  <p>Just for the sake of it i also tried</p>
  
  <pre><code>pd.read_csv('C:\rcreedon\Desktop\TEST.csv')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And again the 'r' was missed when the error was returned.</p>
  
  <p>Sorry to be such a block head, but I'm struggling here....</p>
  
  <p>Any help appreciated. </p>