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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types Index

Zachary Kaufman
Zachary Kaufman
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Posted by Zachary Kaufman
Zachary Kaufman
1,463 Points

Can your string be "" and index be ''

This goes for any type of function really, but an example would be string = "Hi I am Zach" string.index('a')

Is this alright, because in index I used ' ' and in the string I used " ". If it works for .index will it work for everything else? I know you can't start a string with ' and end with " but can you have multiple strings, some with ' ' and some with " "?

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WAN CHU
WAN CHU
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WAN CHU
WAN CHU
8,087 Points

There are no difference between 'Brabrabra' and "Brabrabra", they are all string, python won't give you error, except you can't use "Brabrabra', one of the purpose of supporting 2 kind's of string notation is to easily include those sentence to string:

  1. " 6's "
  2. ' my_string = "" ' You can switch between 'Brabra"bra' and "Brabra'bra" to encode sentence has ' or ".
Zachary Kaufman
Zachary Kaufman
1,463 Points
Zachary Kaufman
Zachary Kaufman
1,463 Points

Thanks for your help! I appreciate it.