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Re: What does """ means in python?

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In article <72a7dd52-7619-4520-991e-20db7ce55ba3@googlegroups.com>,
 Sam <lightaiyee@gmail.com> wrote:

> For string, one uses "" to represent string. Below is a code fragment that 
> uses """ instead.
> 
> cursor.execute("""SELECT name, phone_number 
>                   FROM coworkers 
>                   WHERE name=%s 
>                   AND clue > %s 
>                   LIMIT 5""",
>                (name, clue_threshold))
> 
> What does """ means in python?

This is what's known as a "triple quoted string"  It's just like a 
regular string, except that it run across newlines.  Very handy for 
things like embedding SQL code in a Python program!

It works with single quotes too (i.e. '''this is
a very long string
spread out over several lines'''

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What does """ means in python? Sam <lightaiyee@gmail.com> - 2014-02-08 06:02 -0800
  Re: What does """ means in python? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-02-08 09:08 -0500
    Re: What does """ means in python? Walter Hurry <walterhurry@gmail.com> - 2014-02-08 19:55 +0000
      Re: What does """ means in python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-09 08:40 +1100
      Vedr: What does """ means in python? Gisle Vanem <gvanem@yahoo.no> - 2014-02-09 05:49 +0000
        Re: Vedr: What does """ means in python? Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2014-02-10 10:50 +0000

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