Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

On 24/05/20 8:41 PM, Frank Millman wrote: On 2020-05-24 9:58 AM, DL Neil via Python-list wrote: On 24/05/20 5:43 PM, Frank Millman wrote: On 2020-05-23 9:45 PM, DL Neil via Python-list wrote: My habit with SQL queries is to separate them from other code, cf the usual illustration of having t

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

ngs: double versus single quotes On 2020-05-24 9:58 AM, DL Neil via Python-list wrote: > On 24/05/20 5:43 PM, Frank Millman wrote: >> On 2020-05-23 9:45 PM, DL Neil via Python-list wrote: >>> >>> My habit with SQL queries is to separate them from other code, cf the >>

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

On 2020-05-24 9:58 AM, DL Neil via Python-list wrote: On 24/05/20 5:43 PM, Frank Millman wrote: On 2020-05-23 9:45 PM, DL Neil via Python-list wrote: My habit with SQL queries is to separate them from other code, cf the usual illustration of having them 'buried' within the code, immediately

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

On 24/05/20 5:43 PM, Frank Millman wrote: On 2020-05-23 9:45 PM, DL Neil via Python-list wrote: My habit with SQL queries is to separate them from other code, cf the usual illustration of having them 'buried' within the code, immediately before, or even part of, the query call. I like tha

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

On 2020-05-23 9:45 PM, DL Neil via Python-list wrote: My habit with SQL queries is to separate them from other code, cf the usual illustration of having them 'buried' within the code, immediately before, or even part of, the query call. I like that idea, as I find that I am embedding more

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

Kind Regards, Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer compileralchemy | blog github Mauritius On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 12:03 AM DL Neil via Python-list < python-list@python.org> wrote: > > I'm highly am

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

Greetings, Nice idea >>> '''You said "No it doesn't"''' 'You said "No it doesn\'t"' Kind Regards, Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer compileralchemy | blog github Mauritius On Sun, May 24, 2020

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

On Sat, 23 May 2020 14:46:04 -0400 Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Sat, 23 May 2020 11:03:09 -0500, Tim Chase > declaimed the following: > > > > > >But when a string contains both, it biases towards single quotes: > > > > >>> "You said \"No it doesn't\"" > > 'You said "No it doesn\'t"'

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

This seems to be a life long debate... On Sun, 24 May, 2020, 5:25 am Tim Chase, wrote: > On 2020-05-23 14:46, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > > On Sat, 23 May 2020 11:03:09 -0500, Tim Chase > > >But when a string contains both, it biases towards single quotes: > > > > > > >>> "You said \"No it does

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

On 2020-05-23 14:46, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Sat, 23 May 2020 11:03:09 -0500, Tim Chase > >But when a string contains both, it biases towards single quotes: > > > > >>> "You said \"No it doesn't\"" > > 'You said "No it doesn\'t"' > > This is where using triple quotes (or trip

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

On 24/05/20 8:39 AM, Skip Montanaro wrote: May I ask why not simply like this: stmt = """ select foo from bar where a = 'bag' and c = 'dog' """ Sorry, I don't recall. I wouldn't be at all surprised that it has something to do with Emacs's Python mode behavio

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

> > > May I ask why not simply like this: > > stmt = """ > select foo from bar > where a = 'bag' > and c = 'dog' > """ > Sorry, I don't recall. I wouldn't be at all surprised that it has something to do with Emacs's Python mode behavior. Emacs wouldn't know what to do

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

Skip Montanaro schreef op 23/05/2020 om 13:03: I also agree about SQL. I found that something like this: stmt = ( """select foo from bar""" """ where a = 'bag'""" """and c = 'dog'""" ) worked pretty well, served to both satisfy my brain's desire for semantic indentation (you

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

On 24/05/20 4:03 AM, Tim Chase wrote: On 2020-05-24 01:40, Chris Angelico wrote: On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 10:52 PM Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer wrote: The interpreter prefers single-quotes "single or double" 'single or double' 'not all that strongly, it doesn\'t' "not all that strongly,

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

On 23/05/20 11:03 PM, Skip Montanaro wrote: I also agree about SQL. I found that something like this: stmt = ( """select foo from bar""" """ where a = 'bag'""" """and c = 'dog'""" ) worked pretty well, served to both satisfy my brain's desire for semantic indentation (you sh

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

Nice one, Was requoting: <>> "hello" 'hello'>> from R Hettinger Kind Regards, Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer https://www.github.com/Abdur-RahmaanJ Mauritius sent from gmail client on Android, that's why the signature is so ugly. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

On 2020-05-24 01:40, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 10:52 PM Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer > wrote: > > > > The interpreter prefers single-quotes > > > > >>> "single or double" > > 'single or double' > > > >>> 'not all that strongly, it doesn\'t' > "not all that strongly, it do

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 10:52 PM Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer wrote: > > The interpreter prefers single-quotes > > >>> "single or double" > 'single or double' > >>> 'not all that strongly, it doesn\'t' "not all that strongly, it doesn't" ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

The interpreter prefers single-quotes >>> "single or double" 'single or double' I read a recent quote from Raymond Hettinger saying that the Python world prefers double ones. If Mr Hettinger is around i'd like to ask him where he pulled the theory from https://twitter.com/raymondh/status/12592097

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

On 22/05/2020 20:57, Manfred Lotz wrote: I also believe that transferring habits from C, Rust or whatever to Python doesn't make much sense as Python does not distinguish between a character and string from a type perspective. From a logical perspective, you are correct. From the point of view

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

> Nothing strong. I tend to use double quotes because I have a > background in C (where double quotes are for strings, single quotes > for characters), and double quotes are the recommendation for > docstrings (see PEP 258). If you tend to work a lot with SQL, you > might prefer single quotes. Use

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

On Sat, 23 May 2020 09:36:13 +1200 DL Neil wrote: > >>> I am asking myself if I should preferably use single or double > >>> quotes for strings? > ... > > > I agree to the following: > > > > 1. Consistency is important. > > 2. Single quotes are less noisy. > > 3. Triple double quotes are to b

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

I am asking myself if I should preferably use single or double quotes for strings? ... I agree to the following: 1. Consistency is important. 2. Single quotes are less noisy. 3. Triple double quotes are to be preferred over triple single quotes. ... Of course, this is my subjective result,

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

On Tue, 19 May 2020 13:36:54 -0500 Tim Chase wrote: > 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. > First, thanks to all

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

I love and use only singel quotes. I think that looks clean... Nothing else. Souvik flutter dev On Tue, May 19, 2020, 11:50 PM Manfred Lotz wrote: > Hi there, > I am asking myself if I should preferably use single or double quotes > for strings? > > If I need a single quote in a string I would

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

On 5/19/2020 2:10 PM, Manfred Lotz wrote: Hi there, I am asking myself if I should preferably use single or double quotes for strings? If I need a single quote in a string I would use double quotes for the whole string and vice versa. For f-strings I mostly see double quotes but single quotes wo

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

On 19/05/2020 19:10, Manfred Lotz wrote: > Hi there, > I am asking myself if I should preferably use single or double quotes > for strings? Personally laziness wins every time. Single quotes only require one finger from the home position using my right hand, double quotes require two and a big mov

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

On 19May2020 22:04, Manfred Lotz wrote: On Tue, 19 May 2020 13:36:54 -0500 Tim Chase wrote: On 2020-05-19 20:10, Manfred Lotz wrote: > 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. [...]

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

On Tue, 19 May 2020 13:36:54 -0500 Tim Chase wrote: > 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 recen

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

On 05/19/2020 11:40 AM, Joel Goldstick wrote: I thought triple quotes are for docstrings? It's the recommendation, but double and single quotes work just fine, too -- at least for docstrings that fit an one line. -- ~Ethan~ -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 4:42 AM Joel Goldstick wrote: > > On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 2:27 PM Chris Angelico wrote: > > > > On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 4:21 AM Manfred Lotz wrote: > > > > > > Hi there, > > > I am asking myself if I should preferably use single or double quotes > > > for strings? > > > >

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

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 show

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

On 20/05/20 6:26 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 4:21 AM Manfred Lotz wrote: Hi there, I am asking myself if I should preferably use single or double quotes for strings? If I need a single quote in a string I would use double quotes for the whole string and vice versa. For f

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 2:27 PM Chris Angelico wrote: > > On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 4:21 AM Manfred Lotz wrote: > > > > Hi there, > > I am asking myself if I should preferably use single or double quotes > > for strings? > > > > If I need a single quote in a string I would use double quotes for the

Re: Strings: double versus single quotes

On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 4:21 AM Manfred Lotz wrote: > > Hi there, > I am asking myself if I should preferably use single or double quotes > for strings? > > If I need a single quote in a string I would use double quotes for the > whole string and vice versa. For f-strings I mostly see double > quo

Strings: double versus single quotes

Hi there, I am asking myself if I should preferably use single or double quotes for strings? If I need a single quote in a string I would use double quotes for the whole string and vice versa. For f-strings I mostly see double quotes but single quotes would work as well I think. Is there a recomm