Python: ' or "?

[loell]

double qoutes , because string interpolation is a usual task.

[samjh]

I generally use double quotes for strings, in any language. I use single quotes for characters (guess what language I also use), and for a few other things.

Same here.

[dewey]

I use " when typing strings and ' when using characters.

Yes, I come from Java.

[holihue]

I forgot to say I use ' most of my time.

I only use " when:

print("hello")

[Gustav]

I generally use double quotes for strings, in any language. I use single quotes for characters (guess what language I also use), and for a few other things.

+1

[smartbei]

I generally use double quotes for strings, in any language. I use single quotes for characters (guess what language I also use), and for a few other things.

I find myself doing similar things. Occasionally I slip in to php mode in which I nearly always use single quotes (since then the php parser doesn't have to look for $ and { signs - minor performance gain).

[pmasiar]

Worst use of single quote for me is in VisualBasic: it starts comments till end of line. Horrible idea.

[Anovadea]

I tend to mix... My java and perl background mean I use double most of the time. Sometimes I'll use single for characters or strings that I consider to be pretty constant, but that's down to a very tenuous line in my head.

In short: Most of the time I use double - but there is a place for single in my world.

Aoife

[Mirrorball]

I use single quotes because with my keyboard layout it requires less keystrokes (just press ' instead of shift + ' for ").

[YetAnotherNoob]

Less key strokes and same string character as SQL.