why cv2.imshow() results in error in my python compiler?

Question

Hi friends i just now installed opencv and checking the basic code but it results in error. The code is

import numpy as np
import cv2
img=cv2.imread(\'C:\\U         


        

Answer 1

Most likely, the imread call didn't succeed. Make sure the image "C:\Users\Pravin\Desktop\a.jpeg" exists. (The extension .jpeg seems unusual, maybe it has to be .jpg?)

Also, as Hyperboreus suggests, please, try using forward slashes in the filename "C:/Users/Pravin/Desktop/a.jpg", or escape backslashes

"C:\\Users\\Pravin\\Desktop\\a.jpg"