This blog illustrated how to define a string in Python?
In Python, we can either use a single quote (‘) or double quote (“) to quote a string.
IE. “This is a string“<– Double Quote
And
‘This is a string too!‘ <– Single Quote
When we want to define a string where a single quote is actually part of a string we can use the double quote (“) character to define the string.
For example:
“This is Peter‘s book.“
We are using a double quote to quote the string that contains a single quote.
‘This is what we called “Awesome!“‘
However, what if we want to define a string that have both single quote and double quote in the string?
In that case, we will place a “\” as a special character in front of the quote. The “\” character is to advise Python that the next character is representing it’s original meaning.
For Example:
car = “He’s the best pivot. We called him \”Superman\”.”
The “\” before the double quote instructed Python to treat the next double quote character (“) as a normal double quote character only.
