Error in a line with a python escape character
I’m writing a json template parser in python and go the next error:
SyntaxError: EOL whereas scanning string literal
The issue was that I used to be checking for a backslash in a string like this:
if line.startswith(“[”):
The backslash is an escape character used in front of special characters within string so they will be processed correctly. For example, let’s say you want to print out a string with quotes in it like this:
The word is "test."
You need to escape the double quotes if they are inside a string wrapped in double quotes:
variable="The word is "test"."
Now returning to my string the command I was trying to process, python things that I’m trying to escape the second string instead of end the string.
if line.startswith("["):
In order to correctly interpret the the bracket and backslash I would need to escape the backslash itself with another backslash.
if line.startswith("[")
That causes the backslash to be processed as a backslash character instead of an escape character in front of a quote.
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