Having both single and double quotation in a python string

Question

Hi I\'m trying to have a string that contains both single and double quotation in python -- (\'\"). The reason I need this expression is to use as an input to some external

Answer 1

The actual problem is , the print() statement doesn't print the \ but when you refer to the value of the string in the interpreter, it displays a "\" whenever an apostrophe is used . For instance, refer the following code:

    >>> s = "She said, \"Give me Susan's hat\""
    >>> print(s)
    She said, "Give me Susan's hat"
    >>> s
    'She said, "Give me Susan\'s hat"'

This is irrespective of whether you use single, double or triple quotes to enclose the string.

    >>> s = """She said, "Give me Susan's hat" """
    >>> s
    'She said, "Give me Susan\'s hat" '

Another way to include this :

    >>> s = '''She said, "Give me Susan's hat" '''
    >>> s
    'She said, "Give me Susan\'s hat" '
    >>> s =  '''She said, "Give me Susan\'s hat" '''
    >>> s
    'She said, "Give me Susan\'s hat" '

So basically, python doesn't remove the \ when you refer to the value of s but removes it when you try to print. Despite this fact, when you refer to the length of s, it doesn't count the "\". For eg.,

    >>> s = '''"''"'''
    >>> s
    '"\'\'"'
    >>> print(s)
    "''"
    >>> len(s)
    4