From e815651821e4fc4b12353a3369092acb0ab3bc7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicholas Chen <nick.s.chen@icloud.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 19:14:13 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] escape characters for string

referenced string documentation here: https://docs.python.org/3.9/tutorial/introduction.html
---
 python.md | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/python.md b/python.md
index 0ef2df680..f885717b8 100644
--- a/python.md
+++ b/python.md
@@ -73,6 +73,18 @@ category: Python
     str.strip()
 
     str.islower()
+    
+    /* escape characters */
+    >>> 'doesn\'t'  # use \' to escape the single quote...
+        "doesn't"
+    >>> "doesn't"  # ...or use double quotes instead
+        "doesn't"
+    >>> '"Yes," they said.'
+        '"Yes," they said.'
+    >>> "\"Yes,\" they said."
+        '"Yes," they said.'
+    >>> '"Isn\'t," they said.'
+        '"Isn\'t," they said.'
 
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