| python Programming Glossary: quotesGoogle Search from a Python App http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1657570/google-search-from-a-python-app    There's a simple example here peculiarly missing some quotes . Most of what you'll see on the web is Python interfaces to.. a more complete Python 2.6 example with all the needed quotes &c ... # usr bin python import json import urllib def showsome.. 
 How do I execute a program from python? os.system fails due to spaces in path http://stackoverflow.com/questions/204017/how-do-i-execute-a-program-from-python-os-system-fails-due-to-spaces-in-path  program or batch file. If I escape the program with quotes import os os.system ' C Temp a b c Notepad.exe ' raw_input Then.. b c Notepad.exe' raw_input Note the swapped single double quotes. with or without a parameter to notepad here it fails with the.. 
 How to get the function name as string in Python? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/251464/how-to-get-the-function-name-as-string-in-python  my_function # my_function is not in quotes should output my_function . Is this available in python If not.. 
 How do I perform HTML decoding/encoding using Python/Django? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/275174/how-do-i-perform-html-decoding-encoding-using-python-django  def escape html Returns the given HTML with ampersands quotes and carets encoded. return mark_safe force_unicode html .replace.. 
 How to escape os.system() calls in Python? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35817/how-to-escape-os-system-calls-in-python  out_filename Edit I've accepted the simple answer of using quotes don't know why I didn't think of that I guess because I came.. always accept a quoted filename and remove the surrounding quotes before passing it to the program in question. Notably this avoids.. 
 How to reliably guess the encoding between MacRoman, CP1252, Latin1, UTF-8, and ASCII http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4198804/how-to-reliably-guess-the-encoding-between-macroman-cp1252-latin1-utf-8-and  ºÅ“žŠI've seen plenty of files that use curly quotes or dashes but none that use C1 control characters. So don't.. 
 Regular expression to extract URL from an HTML link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/499345/regular-expression-to-extract-url-from-an-html-link  to say how horrible the HTML you're looking at is and the quotes aren't strictly required. Enclosing the next bit in says to.. 
 Single quotes vs. double quotes in Python [closed] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/56011/single-quotes-vs-double-quotes-in-python  quotes vs. double quotes in Python closed  According to the documentation.. quotes vs. double quotes in Python closed  According to the documentation they're pretty.. style   share improve this question   I like to use double quotes around strings that are used for interpolation or that are natural.. 
 Why can't Python's raw string literals end with a single backslash? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/647769/why-cant-pythons-raw-string-literals-end-with-a-single-backslash  part of that section which I highlighted in bold String quotes can be escaped with a backslash but the backslash remains in.. 
 Split a string by spaces — preserving quoted substrings — in Python http://stackoverflow.com/questions/79968/split-a-string-by-spaces-preserving-quoted-substrings-in-python  to split it up by space while ignoring spaces within quotes. The result I'm looking for is 'this' 'is' 'a test' PS. I know.. PS. I know you are going to ask what happens if there are quotes within the quotes well in my application that will never happen... going to ask what happens if there are quotes within the quotes well in my application that will never happen.  python regex.. 
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