Python error while reading a file EOL [duplicate]

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python: SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal

I sometime get this error when reading a text file

SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal

What does it mean and how can I fix it?

Lucas · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-15 01:45:56Z

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EOL means "End Of Line"

You forgot to close quotation marks of the type "stuff" or 'stuff'

like

>>> print "hello
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    print "hello
               ^
SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal
>>> print "hello"
hello

The caret points to where the problem is

answered Dec 15, 2012 at 1:45

Lucas

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