“EOL while scanning single-quoted string”? (backslash in string) [duplicate]

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The backslash character is interpreted as an escape. Use double backslashes for windows paths:

>>> xp1 = "\\Documents and Settings\\"
>>> xp1
'\\Documents and Settings\\'
>>> print xp1
\Documents and Settings\
>>>

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