Yes, backslash is a special character in strings, it is used to make newlines \n, carriage return \r and similar special characters.
Even on Windows, you can use forward slashes: C:/Users/Juan/ ...
Alternatively, double the backslashes, but it is ugly: C:\\Users\\Juan\\ ...
Even on Windows, you can use forward slashes: C:/Users/Juan/ ...
Alternatively, double the backslashes, but it is ugly: C:\\Users\\Juan\\ ...