[issue41716] SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal

elonjigar added the comment: An EOL while scanning string literal error indicates that the Python interpreter expected a particular character or set of characters to have occurred in a specific line of code, but that those characters were not found before the end of the line . This results

[issue41716] SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal

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[issue41716] SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal

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[issue41716] SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal

Steven D'Aprano added the comment: See the FAQ: https://docs.python.org/3/faq/design.html#why-can-t-raw-strings-r-strings-end-with-a-backslash Also documented here: https://docs.python.org/dev/reference/lexical_analysis.html#string-and-bytes-literals Previous issues: #1271 and #31136

[issue41716] SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal

Steven D'Aprano added the comment: You can't end a string with a bare backslash, not even an raw string. -- nosy: +steven.daprano resolution: -> not a bug stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue41716] SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal

New submission from chen-y0y0 : # I try to run: import os os.system(r"start C:\Windows\System32\") # But I get an Exception: SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal # A string after “r” means the string's original meaning. But…… -- components: Argument Clinic messages: 376361