On 2020-05-19 20:10, Manfred Lotz wrote: > Hi there, > I am asking myself if I should preferably use single or double > quotes for strings?
I'd say your consistency matters more than which one you choose. According to a recent observation by Raymond H. """ Over time, the #python world has shown increasing preference for double quotes: "hello" versus 'hello'. Perhaps, this is due to the persistent influence of JSON, PyCharm, Black, and plain English. In contrast, the interpreter itself prefers single quotes: >>> "hello" 'hello' """ https://twitter.com/raymondh/status/1259209765072154624 I think the worst choice is to be haphazard in your usage with a hodgepodge of single/double quotes. I personally use habits from my C days: double-quotes for everything except single characters for which I use a single-quote: if 'e' in "hello": as in indicator that I'm using it as a single character rather than as a string. I don't have a firm rule for myself if a string contains double-quotes. It doesn't happen often for me in a case where I couldn't use a triple-quoted string or that I am refering to it as a single character. -tkc -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
