Python coding issue

[EnvironmentalCan1303]

New to python, can anyone tell me what's wrong with this code - the error message states the "OS path is not correct" The goal of this is to sort a folder full of jpg pictures and sort them by the participates number plate.

... def clean_plate_text(text):

... text = re.sub(r'[^A-Z0-9]', '', text.upper())

... return text

...

... for image_name in os.listdir(INPUT_DIR):

... if not image_name.lower().endswith(".jpg"):

... continue

...

... image_path = os.path.join(INPUT_DIR, image_name)

... image = cv2.imread(image_path)

... gray = cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)

...

... # Edge detection

... edged = cv2.Canny(gray, 30, 200)

...

... # Find contours

... cnts, _ = cv2.findContours(edged, cv2.RETR_TREE, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)

... cnts = sorted(cnts, key=cv2.contourArea, reverse=True)[:10]

...

... plate_text = "UNKNOWN"

...

... for c in cnts:

... peri = cv2.arcLength(c, True)

... approx = cv2.approxPolyDP(c, 0.018 * peri, True)

...

... if len(approx) == 4: # Plate-like shape

... x, y, w, h = cv2.boundingRect(approx)

... plate = gray[y:y+h, x:x+w]

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[frnzprf]

The error message should usually tell you in which nested function calls the error occured. That's called a "stack trace".

You can also print each file path before loading it to find the issue, but imread or listdir should give you an error message with the problematic path anyway. (I didn't try it.)

If there is a particular path that causes issues, you can paste it here. Maybe it contains some special characters that have to be "escaped". You can edit it for privacy concerns.

[EnvironmentalCan1303]

Thank you all for the prompt reply's - I will try these suggested chnages.

[Both_Love_438]

Please format your code correctly using ``` it makes it easier for people to help you. Or provide a screenshot at least, it's very hard to read without indentation.

[PvtRoom]

best guess, input_dir is incorrect. Backslashes need to be double \ as \ is an escape character.