Python: How to change directory to a path copied and pasted from Windows Explorer

Question

On a Windows machine I am trying to write a scrip which would change the Python (I am using Anaconda Spyder 5.4) working directory to the directory of some files I am trying to feed to the script.

The path to the target folder is very long, probably more than 10 directories nested and I might need to change the path for subsequent operations, so doing it by hand would not be appropriate.

Hence, I would like to write a Python script which prompts the user for the path and then the user pasted the path he copied from Windows explorer.

For exemplification:

Windows Explorer path is: D:\Program\Anaconda\conda-meta

The problem is that Python treats some letters followed by backs lashes as special characters, so the string I read from the pasted Windows Explorer path is not valid.

I know that by replacing the back slashes with forward slashes would solve the issue, but manually doing that every time kind of defeats the point of programming.

I think a similar question has been asked here:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36867672/python-copy-and-paste-path-file-from-windows-explorer-into-variable

But I found no answer to my problem.

Thank you very much!

One way which works is reading the raw string as following:

import os

WinPath = r'D:\Program\Anaconda\conda-meta'
NewPath = os.fsencode(WinPath)
os.chandir(NewPath)

But this requires me writing the Windows Explorer path in the script, which I don't want. What I want is for the user to be asked to input the path by pasting. Something like:

import os

WinPath = input("Paste file path here:")

#somehow make it a raw string and encode it into the NewPath variable

os.chandir(NewPath)

But I have no idea how to actually do that.

I tried using the repr() function, but then I get an error saying the path is too long:

import os


WinPath = input("Paste file path here:")
WinPath = repr(WinPath)
NewPath = os.fsencode(WinPath)
os.chandir(NewPath)

Edit: @Matthias correctly indicated that the code should work fine, granted the os.chdir() function is properly called, which I tried right now on my personal PC and works.

Seems I don't properly understand the difference between input() and declaring a variable in the interpreter - I have tried to declare the WinPath in the interpreter as a test before writing the script and never actually made it to that step.

I guess the question can be closed.

Thank you very much for your support!