python: SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal

You can try this:

s = r'long\annoying\path'

In my case with Mac OS X, I had the following statement:

model.export_srcpkg(platform, toolchain, 'mymodel_pkg.zip', 'mymodel.dylib’)

I was getting the error:

  File "<stdin>", line 1
model.export_srcpkg(platform, toolchain, 'mymodel_pkg.zip', 'mymodel.dylib’)
                                                                             ^
SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal

After I change to:

model.export_srcpkg(platform, toolchain, "mymodel_pkg.zip", "mymodel.dylib")

It worked...

David

In my case, I forgot (' or ") at the end of string. E.g 'ABC' or "ABC"

I was getting this error in postgresql function. I had a long SQL which I broke into multiple lines with \ for better readability. However, that was the problem. I removed all and made them in one line to fix the issue. I was using pgadmin III.

Your variable(s1) spans multiple lines. In order to do this (i.e you want your string to span multiple lines), you have to use triple quotes(""").

s1="""some very long 
string............"""

In this case, three single quotations or three double quotations both will work! For example:

    """Parameters:
    ...Type something.....
    .....finishing statement"""

OR

    '''Parameters:
    ...Type something.....
    .....finishing statement'''

I had faced the same problem while accessing any hard drive directory. Then I solved it in this way.

 import os
 os.startfile("D:\folder_name\file_name") #running shortcut
 os.startfile("F:") #accessing directory

The picture above shows an error and resolved output.

All code below was tested with Python 3.8.3

Simplest -- just use triple quotes.
Either single:

long_string = '''some
very 
long
string
............'''

or double:

long_string = """some
very 
long
string
............"""

Note: triple quoted strings retain indentation, it means that

long_string = """some
    very 
    long
string
............"""

and

long_string = """some
    very 
long
string
............"""

or even just

long_string = """
some
very 
long
string
............"""

are not the same.
There is a textwrap.dedent function in standard library to deal with this, though working with it is out of question's scope.

You can, as well, use \n inside a string, residing on single line:

long_string = "some \nvery \nlong \nstring \n............"

Also, if you don't need any linefeeds (i.e. newlines) in your string, you can use \ inside regular string:

long_string = "some \
very \
long \
string \
............"

Most previous answers are correct and my answer is very similar to aaronasterling, you could also do 3 single quotations s1='''some very long string............'''