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

When you set a string variable, it doesn't save quotes of it, they are a part of its definition. so you don't need to use :1