python syntax error pointing to empty space

Python question,

Why do I sometimes get a syntax error in python that points to empty space. It looks like this. I’ve gotten this before and remedied it by deleting blank space at the end of the program. This time it’s not working. The blank space comes after a python if statement that precedes an spss.submit block.

Here’s the error:

  File "C:\Projects\ute_pos.py", line 120

                                         ^

Thanks

matt