On 2007-08-30, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Neil Cerutti wrote: >> To me, Python's collection of special-purpose string literal >> notations is one of its little warts. > > Well, it's a wart that's shared with many other languages - > including, interestingly enough, Microsoft's very own C#, from > whose documentation the following examples are taken: > > string a = "hello, world"; // hello, world > string b = @"hello, world"; // hello, world > string c = "hello \t world"; // hello world > string d = @"hello \t world"; // hello \t world > string e = "Joe said \"Hello\" to me"; // Joe said "Hello" to me > string f = @"Joe said ""Hello"" to me"; // Joe said "Hello" to me > string g = "\\\\server\\share\\file.txt"; // \\server\share\file.txt > string h = @"\\server\share\file.txt"; // \\server\share\file.txt > string i = "one\r\ntwo\r\nthree";
Still, that's only two. > The fact is that some strings are always going to cause > trouble. Unfortunately programming itself is a task that > requires a little more knowledge to be applied to the task. Or fortunately, depending on the dictates of your temperament. ;) -- Neil Cerutti -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
