SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal

[elliep]

Hey Guys,

Im trying in look in the registry for an item based off what the user inputs. For some reason the last back slash is causing issues. I need this to look for the next entry, but how do I go forward with it?

usr_input = raw_input('What Program would you like to search for? ')
location = 'SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\'
RegLocation = location + usr_input

[Larz60+]

Please show enough code so that it can be run as supplied
and Please show full traceback messages (all of them, verbatim)

[elliep]

import _winreg
from _winreg import *
usr_input = raw_input('What Program would you like to search for? ')
location = 'SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\'
RegLocation = location + usr_input
def getMDACversion():
    hKey = _winreg.OpenKey(_winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, RegLocation)
    result = _winreg.QueryValueEx(hKey, "ImagePath")
    return result[0]
print getMDACversion()

[ichabod801]

try:

location=r'SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\'

[elliep]

No luck same thing.

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If it matters im using code 2.7

[ichabod801]

That shouldn't matter. What is the full traceback?

[elliep]

Full Traceback? Im sorry I don't understand.

[sparkz_alot]

The Traceback is the error code.

[elliep]

location = r'SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\'
^
SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal





The arrow is pointing to the ' mark instead of the beginning.

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The backslash at the end and comma are also blue in Atom.

[ichabod801]

You're right the raw string (r'...') doesn't work right. Double all of the backslashes in the string and take away the r and it should work.