topic Re: Calculating hyperlink internal with backslash (EOL scanning string) in ArcGIS Pro Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/calculating-hyperlink-internal-with-backslash-eol/m-p/1255365#M65158 <P>I am ending it with a "\" because I want to add another (unique) field to the hypelink</P> Mon, 06 Feb 2023 16:00:14 GMT Tom_De_Smet 2023-02-06T16:00:14Z Calculating hyperlink internal with backslash (EOL scanning string) https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/calculating-hyperlink-internal-with-backslash-eol/m-p/1255352#M65155 <P>Hello, I am trying to calculate a hyperlink field in ArcGIS pro. The hyperlink is made to an internal map structure. The link starts with a "\\xxx.zz\...\". It is made in a text field.</P><P>I get an error 'EOL while scanning string'.</P><P>In ArcMap that wasn't a problem and I didn't get any errors.</P><P>Thanks in advance!</P> Mon, 06 Feb 2023 15:48:30 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/calculating-hyperlink-internal-with-backslash-eol/m-p/1255352#M65155 Tom_De_Smet 2023-02-06T15:48:30Z Re: Calculating hyperlink internal with backslash (EOL scanning string) https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/calculating-hyperlink-internal-with-backslash-eol/m-p/1255362#M65157 <P>paths can't end in a single backslash</P><LI-CODE lang="python">"\\xxx.zz\yyy\" Cell In[1], line 1 "\\xxx.zz\yyy\" ^ SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal "\\xxx.zz\yyy" '\\xxx.zz\\yyy'</LI-CODE> Mon, 06 Feb 2023 15:56:58 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/calculating-hyperlink-internal-with-backslash-eol/m-p/1255362#M65157 DanPatterson 2023-02-06T15:56:58Z Re: Calculating hyperlink internal with backslash (EOL scanning string) https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/calculating-hyperlink-internal-with-backslash-eol/m-p/1255365#M65158 <P>I am ending it with a "\" because I want to add another (unique) field to the hypelink</P> Mon, 06 Feb 2023 16:00:14 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/calculating-hyperlink-internal-with-backslash-eol/m-p/1255365#M65158 Tom_De_Smet 2023-02-06T16:00:14Z Re: Calculating hyperlink internal with backslash (EOL scanning string) https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/calculating-hyperlink-internal-with-backslash-eol/m-p/1255428#M65163 <P>therefore...</P><LI-CODE lang="python">"\\xxx.zz\yyy\\" Out[1]: '\\xxx.zz\\yyy\\'</LI-CODE> Mon, 06 Feb 2023 17:49:44 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/calculating-hyperlink-internal-with-backslash-eol/m-p/1255428#M65163 DanPatterson 2023-02-06T17:49:44Z