Multiline string containing """ (triple quotes)

Question

How can I define python multi line string containing """ (3 double quotes)

my desired output is

"""
TEST
"""

Reason: I am writing a script to create some boilerplate code.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7783097/when-to-use-triple-single-quotes-instead-of-triple-double-quotes — user2864740, Apr 15 '14 at 07:24

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 15 '14 at 07:15

8

Use triple single quotes:

'''
"""Test"""
'''

answered Apr 15 '14 at 07:15

BrenBarn

Does that mean I can choose my delimiter like bash HERE DOC ? – forvaidya Apr 15 '14 at 07:17
@forvaidya No. You can use *either* `"""` or `'''`. – user2864740 Apr 15 '14 at 07:22
No. Only `'''` and `"""` are valid. (See https://docs.python.org/3/reference/lexical_analysis.html#literals) – Thanatos Apr 15 '14 at 07:22
@forvaidya: You can use either single quotes or double quotes, and you can use one of them or three of them. So your options are `'`, `"`, `'''`, or `"""`. That's it. – BrenBarn Apr 15 '14 at 07:22

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 15 '14 at 07:55

1

You can also try,

>>> a = "\"\"\"TEST\"\"\""
>>> print a
"""TEST"""
>>>

edited Apr 15 '14 at 07:55

Fury

answered Apr 15 '14 at 07:21

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 15 '14 at 07:36

1

The solution with ''' should work, but just for the case you need both of them in a string, you can predefine a string with one of them, such as

TRIPSING = "'''"
TRIPDOUB = '"""'

and then

MYSTRING = TRIPDOUB + "\nTEST\n" + TRIPDOUB

answered Apr 15 '14 at 07:36

glglgl

3 Answers3