Python for Secret Agents

Handling text and strings

We've glossed over Python's use of string objects. Expressions such as Decimal('247.616') and input(GRD conversion: ) involve string literal values. Python gives us several ways to put strings into our programs; there's a lot of flexibility available.

Here are some examples of strings:

>>> "short"
'short'
>>> 'short'
'short'
>>> """A multiple line,
... very long string."""
'A multiple line,\nvery long string.'
>>> '''another multiple line
... very long string.'''
'another multiple line\nvery long string.'

We've used single quotes and apostrophes to create short strings. These must be complete within a single line of programming. We used triple quotes and triple apostrophes to create long strings. These strings can stretch ...