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Posted on March 4, 2020
Python strings let you work with text. If you define text e.g. Python string, you can do so in two ways:
>>> s = 'abc'
>>> s
'abc'
>>>
>>> s = "abc"
>>> s
'abc'
>>>
So single quoted string is the same as double quoted. You can be use this interchangeably, but preferably just pick one.
You can even introduce quotes inside the strings:
>>> 'abc "d'," abc'd "
( 'abc "d'," abc'd ")
Python can automatically merge strings. To do so you should use a +
instead of a comma. A comma will give you a tuple.
So not this:
>>> s = "hello ","world"
>>> s
('hello ', 'world')
Also, in the above example: the comma in the middle of the string, so the final form is a tuple rather than a string
But this concatenates strings:
>>> s = "hello " + "world"
>>> s
'hello world'
>>>
Use the escape character for special characters
Python supports many special characters. An escape character starts with a slash.
>>> print('hello\nhello\n',end='')
hello
hello
>>>
Common escape characters:
Escape | sense |
---|---|
\ | Continuous, then the top line |
\ | Backslash |
\' | Single quotes |
\" | Double quotes |
\n | Newline |
\a | Bell |
\b | back |
\f | feed |
\r | returned |
\t | horizontal tab |
\v | vertical tab |
\n{id} | unicode database id |
\Uhhhh | unicode16 bit hexadecimal value |
\Uhhhh | unicode32 bit hexadecimal value |
\Xhh | hexadecimal values |
\Ooo | octal value |
\0 | Null |
Posted on March 4, 2020
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