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If my input text is
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
and I want my output text to be: (with the double quotes)
"a b c d e f g"
Where do I go after this step:
" ".join([a.strip() for a in b.split("\n") if a])
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In a string enclosed in double quotes " , single quotes ' can be used as is, but double quotes " must be escaped with a backslash and written as \" .
To place quotation marks in a string in your code In Visual Basic, insert two quotation marks in a row as an embedded quotation mark. In Visual C# and Visual C++, insert the escape sequence \" as an embedded quotation mark.
Alternate between single and double quotes. For example, to add double quotes to a string, wrap the string in single quotes. To add single quotes to a string, wrap the string in double quotes.
Use the escape character to put both single and double quotes in a string. Use the escape character \ before double or single quotes to include them in the string.
You have successfully constructed a string without the quotes. So you need to add the double quotes. There are a few different ways to do this in Python:
>>> my_str = " ".join([a.strip() for a in b.split("\n") if a])
>>> print '"' + my_str + '"' # Use single quotes to surround the double quotes
"a b c d e f g"
>>> print "\"" + my_str + "\"" # Escape the double quotes
"a b c d e f g"
>>> print '"%s"' % my_str # Use old-style string formatting
"a b c d e f g"
>>> print '"{}"'.format(my_str) # Use the newer format method
"a b c d e f g"
Or in Python 3.6+:
>>> print(f'"{my_str}"') # Use an f-string
"a b c d e f g"
Any of these options are valid and idiomatic Python. I might go with the first option myself, or the last in Python 3, simply because they're the shortest and clearest.
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'"%s"' % " ".join([a.strip() for a in s.split("\n") if a])
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