Running Python Code in VS Code and Cannot Find Files in Same Folder

Question

When I try to execute Python files from VS Code, it is unable to find other files in the same folder.

I am running OpenCV code in a test.py file with the following command :

filename = 'image1.png'
img1 = cv2.imread(filename)
print(img1)

The results should show an array of numbers but instead show None because VS Code cannot find image1.png which is in the same folder as the test.py file.

I have searched online for a solution but yet to find a clear one. I suspect I need to manually add this folder to a .json file, but this seems like a clunky solution for every time I need to run files all contained in the same folder.

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Answer 1

I think the folder you were at in the terminal is not this folder. If that's the case then use absolute path or path relative from projrct folder instead.

Change the image1.png to ./image1.png should do as well.

If the project folder looks like

projectfolder
    |
    subfolder 
        |
        main.py
        image.png

And the terminal is at projectfolder then relative path of image.png is projectfolder/image.png .

Thogh, use ./image.png is way less troublesome if the picture is always there, but if it's not then absolute path(like /home/user/projectfolder/folder/image.png ) will eventually reduce time needed for debug.