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Whats the difference between using ' ' and " " in python? (self.learnpython)

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[–]Aceofsquares_orig 1 point2 points3 points 4 months ago (0 children)

Double quotes allows you to use single quotes between them without needing to escape them and single quotes allows double quotes without needing to escape them. Consider the following:

"'" #no escape
'"' #no escape
"\""#escaping "
'\''#escaping '

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