Question About Running Python code
Cameron Simpson
cs at zip.com.au
Wed Oct 15 20:42:54 EDT 2014
On 15Oct2014 16:09, Dan Stromberg <drsalists at gmail.com> wrote:
>On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 3:50 PM, ryguy7272 <ryanshuell at gmail.com> wrote:
>> #1) That's very bizarre to mix single quotes and double quotes in a single
>> language. Does Python actually mix single quotes and double quotes?
>
>I'm not sure what you mean by "mix". C uses single quotes and double
>quotes, right?
Yes, but it uses single quotes for characters (a single byte integer type) and
double quotes for strings. Python doesn't really have a single character type,
and lets the user use either quote mark as they see fit. Ryan finds this
unfamiliar.
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs at zip.com.au>
BTW, don't bother flaming me. I can't read.
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