On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 7:29 AM, candide <cand...@free.invalid> wrote:
> Suppose you have to put into a Python string the following sentence : > > The play "All's Well That Ends Well" by Shakespeare > > It's easy do it : > > >>> print """The play "All's Well That Ends Well" by Shakespeare""" > The play "All's Well That Ends Well" by Shakespeare > > Now, change the sentence to this one : > > The play "All's Well That Ends Well" > > Using triple single quotes works fine > > >>> print '''The play "All's Well That Ends Well"''' > The play "All's Well That Ends Well" > > > But the first method doesn't run correctly : > > > >>> print """The play "All's Well That Ends Well"""" > File "<stdin>", line 1 > print """The play "All's Well That Ends Well"""" > ^ > SyntaxError: EOL while scanning single-quoted string > >>> > > > Any comment ? > > > You have 4 quotes at the end of the line instead of 3. So the first 3 close the long quote and then the 4th opens a new quote which doesn't get closed. > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
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