title: Python: loading a text file containing an array
body: <p>I want to load a text file in python using NumPy library. The text file has float type data on 9516 rows &amp; 39 columns &amp; is 6.2mbites. The following command is used:</p>
  
  <pre><code>p=np.loadtxt(fname = "E:\PhD Data\Aphrodite data\APHRO\outfile\rain2007.txt")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>&amp; got the following errors:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last):
  
    File "&lt;ipython-input-126-dfa85ca1950b&gt;", line 1, in &lt;module&gt;
      p=np.loadtxt(fname = "E:\PhD Data\Aphrodite data\APHRO\outfile\rain2007.txt")
  
    File "C:\Users\Sohaib\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\numpy\lib\npyio.py", line 962, in loadtxt
      fh = np.lib._datasource.open(fname, 'rt', encoding=encoding)
  
    File "C:\Users\Sohaib\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\numpy\lib\_datasource.py", line 266, in open
      return ds.open(path, mode, encoding=encoding, newline=newline)
  
    File "C:\Users\Sohaib\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\numpy\lib\_datasource.py", line 624, in open
      raise IOError("%s not found." % path)
  
  ain2007.txt not found.phrodite data\APHRO\outfile
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The same command is working with a smaller size file (26 rows &amp; 39 columns). Can you tell me the possible reasons behind this error?</p>