I am very new to Python. I am constructing a string that is nothing but a path to the network location as follows. But it outputs the error: "Python unexpected character after line continuation character". Please help. I saw this post but I am not sure if it applies to my scenario:
syntaxerror: "unexpected character after line continuation character in python" math
s_path_publish_folder = r"\\" + s_host + "\" + s_publish_folder "\" + s_release_name
One of your \ backslashes escapes the " double quote following it. The rest of the string then ends just before the next \ backslash, and that second backslash is seen as a line-continuation character. Because there's another " right after that you get your error:
s_path_publish_folder = r"\\" + s_host + "\" + s_publish_folder "\" + s_release_name
# ^^ not end of string ||
# ^--- actual string ---^||
# line continuation /|
# extra character /
You need to double those backslashes:
s_path_publish_folder = r"\\" + s_host + "\\" + s_publish_folder "\\" + s_release_name
Better yet, use the os.path module here; for example, you could use os.path.join():
s_path_publish_folder = r"\\" + os.path.join(s_host, s_publish_folder, s_release_name)
or you could use string templating:
s_path_publish_folder = r"\\{}\{}\{}".format(s_host, s_publish_folder, s_release_name)
