Instantiate prefab (Resources.Load)

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I know this question was asked many times, but I still cannot solve it…May I have some suggestions?
What I want to do is to instantiate a prefab from resources folder, but it got “ArgumentException: The Object you want to instantiate is null.” when instantiating.
Here is my codes:

    string path = "Prefabs/AnimatedCharacter/" + _theme+"/"+_wordID;
    print(path); //printed: Prefabs/AnimatedCharacter/attraction/5C71
    var animatedWordPrefab = Resources.Load(path) as GameObject;
    var newWord = GameObject.Instantiate(animatedWordPrefab); //Get error

Target prefab is already placed inside the target folder.

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I have no idea why I still getting wrong…
Before the above code, I also use similar method to get the CSV, and it doesn’t get wrong and work well.

    string path = "CSV/" + _theme;
    print(path);
    TextAsset bookContent = Resources.Load<TextAsset>(path);

I also printed out _theme and _wordID, so I think the problem isn’t related to _theme or _wordID…

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Hi,
I reproduced your code and it’s working:

    private void Start()
    {
        string _theme = "attraction";
        string _wordID = "5C71";

        string path = "Prefabs/AnimatedCharacter/" + _theme + "/" + _wordID;
        print(path); 
        var animatedWordPrefab = Resources.Load(path) as GameObject;
        var newWord = GameObject.Instantiate(animatedWordPrefab);
    }

In your case _theme and _wordID are string type ? Or how are you getting this values ? Maybe the problem is here, because if you give the path directly, the code works.