Python string escape

Question

The content of string is like this, and it has many " and many ', below is just a simple example, is there a way I can represent such a string as a constant string and assign to a variable without escape " and '. Just want to save some typing for escape " and ' and make string more readable in code. :)

--pretty-print "http://foo.com" {'bbb'}

BTW: using Python 2.7.

thanks in advance, Lin

With triple-quoted strings: """ or '''

zondo
– zondo

2016-05-12 00:19:38 +00:00
Commented May 12, 2016 at 0:19 — zondo
– zondo, Commented May 12, 2016 at 0:19

kindall · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-12 16:17:40Z

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Use triple quotes, either single or double. You can have multiple lines in triply-quoted strings, but you don't have to.

option = """--pretty-print "http://foo.com" {'bbb'}"""

edited May 12, 2016 at 16:17

answered May 12, 2016 at 0:20

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Lin Ma Over a year ago

Thanks kindall, vote up and mark your reply as answer.

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