On 2 Oct 2012 23:17, "boB Stepp" <robertvst...@gmail.com> wrote:
<snip> > I am puzzled by the results of the following: > > >>> x = "Test" > >>> x > 'Test' > >>> print(x) > Test > > I understand that 'Test' is the stored value in memory where the > single quotes designate the value as being a string data type. So it > makes sense to me that just typing the object reference for the string > results in including the single quotes. But why does the print() strip > the quotes off? Is just as simple as Hi boB, Under the covers, in python 2.x, print x causes the human readable string representation of x to be output by calling x.__str__. In an interactive prompt, typing x displays the python representation of x by calling x.__repr__. These can be the same or quite similar or quite different. When possible, __repr__ special methods ought to be defined so x equals eval(x.__repr__()). I believe, but don't warrant that in this regard python 3.x behave like 2.x (modulo the difference in the print syntax). Best, Brian vdB
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