Can someone explain a backslash ?

Question

WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO IVE BEEN STUCK ON THIS FOR DAYS

Answer 1

A computer is very quick, but dumb. It can't read your mind and know what you intended to write.

If you write " Python will assume a string starts, and as soon as it sees another " Python will think the string ends.

So when you write:

print("Judy said: "Hello"")

Python only gets to this point:

print("Judy said: "H

Python thinks your string has ended, and now it doesn't know what to do with your H.

You use a \ to tell Python: 'The string is not yet over!'

print("Judy says: \"...

Now, as Python finds the backslash, it 'understands': Ah, so the string is not over yet!

It will wait for the first unmasked ".

Answer 2

The backslash is often called an escape character in this context.

Answer 3

We're guessing that you're referring to backslash in the context that HonFu described as your question does not say too much about where you encountered it.

Answer 4

Nadia bacslashes used like that are helpful in Python, C and many other languages.

Answer 5

Nadia I guess this is the question you had trouble with?

https://www.sololearn.com/post/241438/?ref=app

Answer 6

in pythin is that helpful in any way im still knew to all this

Answer 7

oh so the ither languages use simliar symbols?

Answer 8

im a bit confused

Answer 9

It's helpful whenever you want to print a " to the screen instead of getting an error.