title: Using MNIST to load a dataset but getting file not found error, Windows 10, Python 3
body: <p>I'm trying to load the MNIST dataset using the MNIST library that you can find here <a href="https://github.com/sorki/python-mnist" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/sorki/python-mnist</a>. The problem comes with me not even being able to load it. </p>
  
  <pre><code>from mnist import MNIST
  import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
  import numpy as np 
  import pandas as pd 
  mndata = MNIST('.')
  images, labels = mndata.load_training()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This gives me the error of </p>
  
  <pre><code>FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '.\\train-labels-idx1-ubyte'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Which I'm not really sure why it's occurring, as the exact file is located under that exact name in the folder I'm working in with this python file. I've also tried giving the exact path instead of just '.' but it isn't working.</p>
  
  <p>If it is of any help I'm using Windows 10 and Python 3. Thanks a lot in advance!</p>