title: Address path issues while opening a pdf file in python
body: <p>I am trying to open a pdf file using <strong>python</strong> in <strong>jupyter</strong> notebook which is on desktop and the path is something like this: C:\Users\laxmi prasad\Desktop\ and it's showing error. </p>
  
  <pre><code>   import PyPDF2
     red_ball = open('C:\Users\laxmi prasad\Desktop\Neeraj Kasturi_mystery','rb')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and the error it shows is</p>
  
  <pre><code>    File "&lt;ipython-input-5-565b4f1ccaec&gt;", line 1
      red_ball = open('C:\Users\laxmiprasad\Desktop\Neeraj Kasturi_mystery','rb')
                   ^
      SyntaxError: (unicode error) 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode bytes in 
      position 2-3: truncated \UXXXXXXXX escape
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I think it's the space between inside the path between two words, but that's the folder name. Can anyone help me understand this issue ?</p>