Backslash error SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal

Question

I want to use a backslash in Python, but I always get an error. This is my code

fileName = "file"
linkName = "rep\" + file_name
print(linkName)

The error: SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal

Try using '\\'. It escapes a backslash. – llamaking136 Apr 16 '21 at 16:44 — llamaking136, Apr 16 '21 at 16:44

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 16 '21 at 16:43

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The error is simple. Just had the same Use this:

fileName = "file"
linkName = "rep" + chr(92) + file_name
print(linkName)

chr(92) stands for \

answered Apr 16 '21 at 16:43

It works in every projects for me – Apr 16 '21 at 16:45
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Yes, it *works*, but there are other solutions that don't require the reader to consult an ASCII chart to make sense of the code... – jasonharper Apr 16 '21 at 16:50
Not my downvote but just because it works doesn’t make it good code: it’s unnecessarily convoluted. The correct (= widely accepted as standard, more readable, more efficient …) solution is to escape the backslash. There’s no reason whatsoever to use `chr` here. – Konrad Rudolph Apr 16 '21 at 16:50
Yeah, in my case it works using "\\" instead of "\" and it's more readable. – V-cash May 13 '21 at 14:18

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