Runtime error adding tables to field mapping

Question

I am not sure what I am doing wrong here. Any suggestions??import arcpy

targetFeatures = "W:\ENG\Geomatics\GIS\Map & Data Requests\Contracts\Maintenance\Culverts\Data\Culvert Utilities\Culvert_subset.shp"
joinFeatures = "W:\ENG\Geomatics\GIS\Map & Data Requests\Contracts\Maintenance\Culverts\Data\Culvert Utilities\5yrContract_subset.shp"

outfc = "W:\ENG\Geomatics\GIS\Map & Data Requests\Contracts\Maintenance\Culverts\Data\Culvert Utilities\Culvert_5YCP.shp"

fms = arcpy.FieldMappings()
fieldmappings.addTable(targetFeatures)
fieldmappings.addTable(joinFeatures)

JuanOrozco · Answer

Start by replacing your paths with something like r"W:/this/is my/path" or "W:\this\is my\path". The format you're using is not compatible with Python.