OlafMeding at compuserve.com (Olaf Meding) wrote in message news:<9e5ea2c4.0403110753.5c4d437a at posting.google.com>... > Is `object` (using backquotes) the same as saying str(object)? Trying > to understand how backquotes work. Thanks for your help. It's the same as using "repr(object)".