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Christopher Hill
1,425 PointsCan anyone remind me what actions allow you to repeat the last string you use with out typing it out again?
What's the shortcut ot repeating a string without retyping it?
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boi
14,242 PointsDo you mean the use of the "up" arrow key? the "up" arrow key stores the last thing you typed.
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Steven Parker
230,688 PointsI think you might be talking about how Python automatically stores the value of the last expression in the interpreter (which may or may not be a string) to a particular variable named "_" (underscore).
Or perhaps you mean the up-arrow key which will back-step through the command history (which also may or may not include strings).
Daniel Winje
7,395 PointsDaniel Winje
7,395 PointsMaybe you can create a function and store the string there? Then you can just call it and it will return the string for you. :)
-Cheers, Daniel.