SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal

Forgot to close a string with quotes in python

In my case, this error was a on overcomplicated way of saying, “You forgot to close a string with a matching double or single quote.”

EOL stands for End of Line. What that means is that the python parser got to the end of a line of code before it found the end single quote or double quote to close a string.

In other words this would cause the error:

filename="File.json

And you need to fix it like this:

filename="File.json"

Or this causes the error:

filename='File.json

And you fix it like this:

filename='File.json'

Sometimes you’ll have an issue where you’re trying to put a single or double quote in a string. In that case, put single quotes around a string with double quotes in it or vise versa.

You can also escape the special character.

More on single and double quotes in python and escaping characters:

Python Single vs. Double Quotes - Which Should You Use And Why? | Better Data Science

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