[Tutor] Have a very simple question

[Rob]

The \ before the ' tells Python that you want the ' to be taken literally
and not as the ' that would end the string.

Does that help?

Rob

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> From: tutor-admin@python.org [mailto:tutor-admin@python.org]On Behalf Of
> Paul Harwood
> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 2:24 PM
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> Subject: [Tutor] Have a very simple question
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> Why does 'doesn\'t' translate to "doesn't" ? This is in the Python
> tutorial but it doesn't say why this happens.
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> -Paul
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