escaping quotes

[John Salerno]

I'm reading through the tutorial and found this in section 3:
'"Isn\'t," she said.'


Why doesn't the escape sequence work in this case?

 

[Fredrik Lundh]

I'm reading through the tutorial and found this in section 3:

'"Isn\'t," she said.'

Why doesn't the escape sequence work in this case?

because the interactive prompt echos the result back to you as
a Python literal, where possible. compare
'"Isn\'t," she said.'

with
"Isn't," she said.

(this is explained a little later in the chapter you're reading)

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[John Salerno]

because the interactive prompt echos the result back to you as
a Python literal, where possible. compare

Ah, of course! I forgot it wasn't 'print'ing it.

Thanks!