syntaxerror: unexpected character after line continuation character in python

Question

Can anybody tell me what is wrong in this program? I face

syntaxerror unexpected character after line continuation character

when I run this

Answer 1

Replace

f = open(D\\python\\HW\\2_1 - Copy.cp,"r");

by

f = open("D:\\python\\HW\\2_1 - Copy.cp", "r")

1. File path needs to be a string (constant)
2. need colon in Windows file path
3. space after comma for better style
4. ; after statement is allowed but fugly.

What tutorial are you using?