Difference between double and single quotes

[Remco Gerlich]

pauljolly at my-deja.com wrote in comp.lang.python:
> Please can someone tell me whether Python distinguishes between double
> and single quotes in any way? This was brought to my attention by a
> friend who queried my use of double and single quotes, saying that in
> the UNIX shell a distinction is made.

Python doesn't distinguish. Use the easiest one (use "" if you have ' inside
the string and vice versa).

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Remco Gerlich,  scarblac at pino.selwerd.nl
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