SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal

This error message indicates that there is a problem with the syntax of a string in your code, specifically that the end of the string was not found where it was expected.

"EOL" stands for "end of line", so "EOL while scanning string literal" means that Python reached the end of a line in your code while it was in the middle of scanning a string literal (a string that is enclosed in quotation marks).

Here's an example of code that could generate this error:

print("This is a string that spans
multiple lines.")

In this case, the string literal starts with `"This is a string that spans`, but the closing quotation mark is on the next line, so Python encounters the end of the line while it's still scanning the string. To fix this error, you can either put the entire string on one line or use a backslash to indicate that the string continues on the next line:

print("This is a string that spans \
multiple lines.")

Alternatively, you could use triple quotes to create a multi-line string:

print("""This is a string that spans
multiple lines.""")

This syntax error can also occur for other types of literals, such as numbers or lists, if the syntax is incorrect.