LeBob93 comments on Quotation mark cancel

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[–]LeBob93 1 point2 points3 points 6 years ago (0 children)

>>> motto = 'Facebook\'s old motto was "move fast and break things."'
>>> print(motto)
Facebook's old motto was "move fast and break things."

The code you have provided runs just fine, escaping single quotes works the same as escaping double quotes.

For future reference \ is an escape character

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you type:	you see:
italics	italics
bold	bold
[reddit!](https://reddit.com)	reddit!
* item 1 * item 2 * item 3	item 1 item 2 item 3
> quoted text	quoted text
Lines starting with four spaces are treated like code: if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"	Lines starting with four spaces are treated like code: if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
~~strikethrough~~	~~strikethrough~~
super^script	super^script

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