How can three double quotation marks be stored in a Python docstring?

Question

I have a large ASCII logo that I want to store in a docstring. This logo features multiple instances of three consecutive double quotation marks. The size and complexity is such that escaping individual characters isn't a realistic option. Given that at no point is an instance of three consecutive double quotation marks in isolation on a line, how can this logo be stored in a docstring?

Here is a minimal example:

logo = """
hello"""world
"""

The resulting error is as follows:

    hello"""world
                ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Eli Korvigo · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-07T14:40:50.747

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Just use the single-quotes.

logo = '''
hello"""world
'''

If you don't want to violate PEP8, you can be a bit hackish

logo = """
hello'''world
""".replace("'", '"')

edited Jul 07 '16 at 14:40

answered Jul 07 '16 at 14:34

Eli Korvigo

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 07 '16 at 14:35

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You can "violate" PEP8 and use ''':

logo = '''
       hello"""world
       '''

answered Jul 07 '16 at 14:35

DeepSpace

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 11 '16 at 16:36

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I seems backslashes work as well

>>> """ \"\"\" """
' """ '
>>>

answered Jul 11 '16 at 16:36

John

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How can three double quotation marks be stored in a Python docstring?

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