Escape character¶

Topic:

output a message

With the starter code (given in main.py) your program will encounter a SyntaxError.

Run the program as is. Notice the SyntaxError.
```
  File "main.py", line 2
    print("Her friend said "Nice to see you!".")
                            ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
```
- On what line did the error happen?
- Python gets confused with the extra quotes (") in the second print statement (on line 2).
- Python uses quotes to determine where a string starts and where a string ends. If we want to actually include a quote in a string, we need to escape that quote with the escape character \. This will tell Python to skip over that particular quote and not to use it to end the string.
Go back to main.py and comment-out line 2 by putting a number-sign (hashtag) infront of the line. For example:
```
# print("Her friend said "Nice to see you!".")
```
Run the program and observe what the first print statement outputs. Notice:
- there is no error,
- the output actually contains the quote characters
- the output doesn’t contain the escape characters \.
Use the escape character (\) to allow the second print statement to include the quotes. Be sure to use the first print statement as an example for how to do this correctly. Also, remember to un-comment the second print statement, when you are ready to run it. The final output should look like:
```
She said "Hello" to her friend.
Her friend said "Nice to see you!".
```

Starter Code¶

print("She said \"Hello\" to her friend.")
print("Her friend said "Nice to see you!".")

Tests¶

from exercise.fixtures import captured_output


def test_escape_character(captured_output):
    assert captured_output() == "She said \"Hello\" to her friend.\nHer friend said \"Nice to see you!\"."