How to properly escape single and double quotes

Question

I have a lxml etree HTMLParser object that I\'m trying to build xpaths with to assert xpaths, attributes of the xpath and text of that tag. I ran into a problem when the te

Answer 1

there are more options to choose from, especially the """ and ''' might be what you want.

s = "a string with a single ' quote"
s = 'a string with a double " quote'
s = """a string with a single ' and a double " quote"""
s = '''another string with those " quotes '.'''
s = r"raw strings let \ be \"
s = r'''and can be added \ to " any ' of """ those things'''
s = """The three-quote-forms
       may contain
       newlines."""