# Invalid character

**URL:** <https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/invalid-character/6506>\
**Category:** Python\
**Created:** [August 1, 2021, 8:35am UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/invalid-character/6506 "2021-08-01T08:35:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![MjTofa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@MjTofa](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/u/MjTofa)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2021, 8:35am UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/invalid-character/6506/1 "2021-08-01T08:35:20Z")

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I tried adding virtual environment local link to json file in VsCode, and this is what I received in the problem terminal:  
“Invalid escape character in string. json(261) [9, 19]

Can someone please help me on how to fix?