[Tutor] importance of quotes ..

Tracey Brown zarie@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
Wed, 10 May 2000 12:38:18 +0800 (WST)


Hi :)

'' quotes are used to define characters...

`` (backquotes) are used, but I don't know how to explain what they're
used for :P sorry.

BB,

zarie

On Tue, 9 May 2000, Kevin Liang wrote:

> Hi all,
> 	I was just working on ch.6, exercise 2  of Learning Python.  I 
> came to the point when I had copied word-for-word the answer to the question 
> (or so I thought), yet it still refused to run properly.. then I looked carefully,
> and noticed a *return* statement had '''' quotes instead of `````.  I changed
> it , and it worked..  Now, I'm a little confused as to why this is so important..
> I'm always bogged down on things like this.  thanks
> 
> kevin 
> 
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