Can anyone please explain tyhis for me? Python 2.6.4 (r264:75708, Oct 26 2009, 08:23:19) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> raw = r'J:\' File "<stdin>", line 1 raw = r'J:\' ^ SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal >>> Thanks Mike