Check if a character equals quotes in python

Question

I am iterating through a string in python and I want to check each character to see if it equals ". How do I go about doing this?

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 25 '13 at 03:09

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Like this:

for c in theString:
    if c == '"':
        print 'Aha!'

You can also directly get the index of the first quote like so:

theString.index('"')

answered Feb 25 '13 at 03:09

Cameron

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Note that this is probably best replaced with `if '"' in some_string: ...` (unless you are already looping through the string for other purposes or some such). – Gareth Latty Feb 25 '13 at 03:11
@Lattyware: Absolutely, if the goal is merely to check if there is a quote at all. – Cameron Feb 25 '13 at 03:11
Naturally, it depends on the goal. – Gareth Latty Feb 25 '13 at 03:12
Note: there is a modest performance advantage using `if c is '"':` – Octipi Feb 25 '13 at 03:45
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@Eric: Good point, [but be careful](http://stackoverflow.com/a/1392927/21475) as that's an implementation detail, not a guarantee of the language. – Cameron Feb 25 '13 at 03:55

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