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Co-authored-by: TommyUnreal <45427816+TommyUnreal@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Hugo van Kemenade <hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
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.. _tut-strings:

Strings
-------
Text
----

Besides numbers, Python can also manipulate strings, which can be expressed
in several ways. They can be enclosed in single quotes (``'...'``) or
double quotes (``"..."``) with the same result [#]_. ``\`` can be used
to escape quotes::
Python can manipulate text (represented by type :class:`str`, so-called
"strings") as well as numbers. This includes characters "``!``", words
"``rabbit``", names "``Paris``", sentences "``Got your back.``", etc.
"``Yay! :)``". They can be enclosed in single quotes (``'...'``) or double
quotes (``"..."``) with the same result [#]_.

>>> 'spam eggs' # single quotes
'spam eggs'
>>> "Paris rabbit got your back :)! Yay!" # double quotes
'Paris rabbit got your back :)! Yay!'
>>> '1975' # digits and numerals enclosed in quotes are also strings
'1975'

To quote a quote, we need to "escape" it, by preceding it with ``\``.
Alternatively, we can use the other type of quotation marks::

>>> 'doesn\'t' # use \' to escape the single quote...
"doesn't"
>>> "doesn't" # ...or use double quotes instead
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>>> '"Isn\'t," they said.'
'"Isn\'t," they said.'

In the interactive interpreter, the output string is enclosed in quotes and
special characters are escaped with backslashes. While this might sometimes
look different from the input (the enclosing quotes could change), the two
strings are equivalent. The string is enclosed in double quotes if
the string contains a single quote and no double quotes, otherwise it is
enclosed in single quotes. The :func:`print` function produces a more
readable output, by omitting the enclosing quotes and by printing escaped
and special characters::
In the Python shell, the string definition and output string can look
different. The :func:`print` function produces a more readable output, by
omitting the enclosing quotes and by printing escaped and special characters::

>>> '"Isn\'t," they said.'
'"Isn\'t," they said.'
>>> print('"Isn\'t," they said.')
"Isn't," they said.
>>> s = 'First line.\nSecond line.' # \n means newline
>>> s # without print(), \n is included in the output
>>> s # without print(), special characters are included in the string
'First line.\nSecond line.'
>>> print(s) # with print(), \n produces a new line
>>> print(s) # with print(), special characters are interpreted, so \n produces new line
First line.
Second line.

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