Python Checking a string's first and last character

Question

can anyone please explain what is wrong with this code?

str1=\'\"xxx\"\'
print str1
if str1[:1].startswith(\'\"\'):
    if str1[:-1].endswith(\'\"\'):
               


        

Answer 1

You should either use

if str1[0] == '"' and str1[-1] == '"'

or

if str1.startswith('"') and str1.endswith('"')

but not slice and check startswith/endswith together, otherwise you'll slice off what you're looking for...