On 26 Feb, 13:29, 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 ?
The best thing would be to backslash the single quote: print 'The play "All\'s Well That Ends Well"' -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
