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6,520 PointsSyntax Error
It's have a way to attribute this string:
[<input alt="Atualizada em 23/02/2017" name="jpybrl" title="TTS-JPY/BRL" type="hidden" value="38.3300"/>]
to a variable as this:
str = "[<input alt="Atualizada em 23/02/2017" name="jpybrl" title="TTS-JPY/BRL" type="hidden" value="38.3300"/>]"
Without getting "SyntaxError: invalid syntax"?
2 Answers
Alexander Davison
65,469 PointsThe reason your code is causing a Syntax Error is because you have double quotes inside your string while Python thinks that is the end of your string.
So, The double quotes inside the string to Python is actually the end of the string. As soon as Python sees a double quote, it assumes it's the end of the string, but really you don't want that.
There are two ways to fix this:
- First, you can use a backslash
\
in front of every double quote in the string to tell Python to literally use the character"
in the string, not to see the double quote as the end of the string. This is called escaping. - Another way to solve this is using single quotes to surround the string. This way when Python sees the double quote it won't mark it as the end of the string because you used single quotes to open/close the string.
If for some reason you have both double and single quotes in your string, you can either use escaping OR you can use triple double/single quotes around the string.
I hope this helps
Happy coding!
~Alex
Mauro Y.
6,520 PointsUnderstood. Worked with single quotes! Thank you very much!