String vs. Char

Question

I have programmed in C++ and strings always use double quotes while char uses single quotes. How do you differentiate char and strings in python if a string can use double or single quotes?

Answer 1

Python does not have what you called a character. Instead, even 1-letter texts are also strings.

When you try to slice up a string into 1-letter bits you still get strings.

Answer 2

There is no char data type in Python. A 'character' is just a string of length 1.