Roy Smith wrote:
> In article <72a7dd52-7619-4520-991e-20db7ce55...@googlegroups.com>,
> Sam <lightai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> For string, one uses "" to represent string. Below is a code fragment that
>> uses """ instead.
>>
>> cursor.execute("""SELECT name, phone_number
>> FROM coworkers
>> WHERE name=%s
>> AND clue > %s
>> LIMIT 5""",
>> (name, clue_threshold))
>>
>> What does """ means in python?
>
> This is what's known as a "triple quoted string" It's just like a
> regular string, except that it run across newlines. Very handy for
> things like embedding SQL code in a Python program!
>
> It works with single quotes too (i.e. '''this is
> a very long string
> spread out over several lines'''
PMFJI.
When I asked (here) about this a while ago, some kind soul suggested
textwrap.dedent.
Any advice as to the pros and cons of the respective approaches (esp. for SQL)?
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