https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/syntaxerror-eol-while-scanning-string-literal/m-p/1141495#M63675 <P>Hi guys,</P><P>I am trying to make a new filter with makeFeatureLayer_management . it works fine in arcgis pro as standalone script but while running as a geoprocessing service it shows me an error :</P><UL><LI><I>esriJobMessageTypeError</I>: File "&lt;string&gt;", line 31 arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management(CADSrs, CADlyr,g_ESRI_variable_3'") ^ SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal</LI></UL><P>the code snippet :</P><LI-CODE lang="python">arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management(CADSrs, CADlyr,"\"Layer\" = 'karar'")</LI-CODE><P>&nbsp;My question is there any different way to make this filter with python&nbsp;"\"Layer\" = 'karar'"?</P><P>I've tried to add r before But it didn't works for me.</P><P>Thanks In advance</P> Tue, 08 Feb 2022 06:18:10 GMT abdullahAli91 2022-02-08T06:18:10Z https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/syntaxerror-eol-while-scanning-string-literal/m-p/1141495#M63675 <P>Hi guys,</P><P>I am trying to make a new filter with makeFeatureLayer_management . it works fine in arcgis pro as standalone script but while running as a geoprocessing service it shows me an error :</P><UL><LI><I>esriJobMessageTypeError</I>: File "&lt;string&gt;", line 31 arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management(CADSrs, CADlyr,g_ESRI_variable_3'") ^ SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal</LI></UL><P>the code snippet :</P><LI-CODE lang="python">arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management(CADSrs, CADlyr,"\"Layer\" = 'karar'")</LI-CODE><P>&nbsp;My question is there any different way to make this filter with python&nbsp;"\"Layer\" = 'karar'"?</P><P>I've tried to add r before But it didn't works for me.</P><P>Thanks In advance</P> Tue, 08 Feb 2022 06:18:10 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/syntaxerror-eol-while-scanning-string-literal/m-p/1141495#M63675 abdullahAli91 2022-02-08T06:18:10Z https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/syntaxerror-eol-while-scanning-string-literal/m-p/1141503#M63676 <P>building the whereclause depends on the source of the data.&nbsp;</P><P>Try using AddFieldDelimiters</P><LI-CODE lang="python">fc = r"C:\a_path\to\a\file_geodatabase.gdb\featureclass_name" whereclause = """{} = 'bob'""".format(arcpy.AddFieldDelimiters(fc, 'Name_2')) whereclause "Name_2 = 'bob'"</LI-CODE><P>the structure depends on the source</P> Tue, 08 Feb 2022 08:09:40 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/syntaxerror-eol-while-scanning-string-literal/m-p/1141503#M63676 DanPatterson 2022-02-08T08:09:40Z