Error U used without hex digits in character string starting C U when trying to read a csv file in R

Question

I'm trying to read a csv file into R using this command:

ratings <- read_csv("C:\Users\Ali\Downloads\338_m7_dataset_v3.0.zip\338_m7_dataset_v3.0")

and throws this error:

Error: '\U' used without hex digits in character string starting ""C:\U"

Comments

Hi

still facing same after using \\ behalf of \.

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Try using /. Actually, \\ should also work too.

See this - 

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Is the issue solved @Suman?

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thanks very much it worked

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Hi @Raghu. Please upvote the answer if it has help you.

Thank you

Answer 1

Replace all \ with \\. Its trying skip all the further chars.

This should help:)

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Comments

Thank, it was really helpfull!!!

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Tambien me funcionó a mi esta recomendación, muchas gracias

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Me alegro de ayudarte, amigo. Si tiene alguna pregunta sobre cualquier tecnología, puede publicarla aquí. que tengas un buen día

Answer 2

Thats because \ is used for escape line characeters, so use another \ to remove it .

Answer 3

Hi,

You can replace all \ with \\. It's trying to skip all the further chars. Or you can use / instead of \. It will also work.