change current working directory in python

Question

I made a folder on my desktop with the name "headfirstpython" and I need to change my current working directory to that folder and to the sub folder inside of it. I used os.getcwd() to get the current folder and it gives me 'C\Python32'. I used os.chdir('../headfirstpython/chapter3') to change the directory but its telling it cannot find the path

>>> import os 

>>> os.getcwd() 

'C:\\Python32' 

>>> os.chdir('../headfirstpython/chapter 3') 

Traceback (most recent call last): 

File "<pyshell#2>", line 1, in <module> os.chdir('../headfirstpython/chapter 3') 

WindowsError: [Error 3] The system cannot find the path specified: '../headfirstpython/chapter 3' 

>>> os.chdir('../headfirstpython/chapter3') 

Traceback (most recent call last): 

File "<pyshell#3>", line 1, in <module> 

os.chdir('../headfirstpython/chapter3') 

WindowsError: [Error 3] The system cannot find the path specified: '../headfirstpython/chapter3' 

>>>

Answer 1

To change the current working directory in Python if you are using windows you should use double backslashes '\\' to separate the folders.

You can use the below-mentioned code:-

import os 

os.chdir('C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\headfirstpython')