title: Python unexpected character after line continuation character
body: <p>I am very new to Python. I am constructing a string that is nothing but a path to the network location as follows. But it outputs the error: "Python unexpected character after line continuation character". Please help. I saw this post but I am not sure if it applies to my scenario:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7791913/syntaxerror-unexpected-character-after-line-continuation-character-in-python">syntaxerror: &quot;unexpected character after line continuation character in python&quot; math</a></p>
  
  <pre><code>s_path_publish_folder = r"\\" + s_host + "\" + s_publish_folder "\" + s_release_name
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