Opencv-python Not Displaying Image

I am currently following a tutorial on how to use OpenCV with python but something isn't working. When i run this code that should display an image i get this error: error: C:\buil

Solution 1:

You need to escape backslashes, or your string will be ill-formed. This will work:

img = cv2.imread('C:\\Users\\Ive\\Downloads\\7.jpg',0)

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