How can this statement give the output - print("print") , when it is using single quotes. It should be an error.

Question

>>>print('print("print")')
It should be an error as single quotes are used for a single character.

Answer 1

Python doesn't give a shet to conventions really. :D

https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/155176/single-quotes-vs-double-quotes

Answer 2

@Canterville I suppose so. I'm not an expert at Python myself, so it would be better to wait and see if anyone has conflicting opinions.

Answer 3

https://www.sololearn.com/discuss/406634/?ref=app
https://www.sololearn.com/discuss/324411/?ref=app
https://www.sololearn.com/discuss/276348/?ref=app
https://www.sololearn.com/discuss/223475/?ref=app

Answer 4

Hatsy , so we can use single quotes at most of the places instead of double quotes in python ?