How to add apostrophes in a dictionnary

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I was just wondering if it is possible to add an apostrophe in this situation. I want the test key to have the value of "I don't know" not "I don". Is it possible to do so? If so how?

 my_dict = {
    "test": 'I don't know'
}

for strings in python you can either use ' or " there is no difference — RickyA, Sep 15 '16 at 22:14
"I want the test key to have the value of `"I don't know"`" - well, did you try writing ``"I don't know"``? — user2357112, Sep 15 '16 at 22:15

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 15 '16 at 22:22

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You can either wrap the value in double quotes:

{"test": "I don't know"}

or escape the apostrophe:

{"test": 'I don\'t know'}

edited Sep 15 '16 at 22:22

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answered Sep 15 '16 at 22:13

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I'd add that you can also use triple-quoted strings, `'''I don't know'''` and `"""I don't know"""`. – Curtis Lusmore Sep 15 '16 at 22:15

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 15 '16 at 22:16

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You can do either of two things. You can to this:

my_dict = {
    "test": "I don't know"
}

or you can also do this:

my_dict = {
    "test": 'I don\'t know'
}

Either works and both are pretty much the same.

answered Sep 15 '16 at 22:16

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How to add apostrophes in a dictionnary

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