If you just want a default value, "" is probably better, because its actually a string, and you can call string methods on it. If you went with None, these would lead to exceptions. If you wish to …

Jun 13, 2012 · In Python, strings are immutable. They cannot be modified. When you do: a = 'hi ' b = a a += 'mom' You do not change the original 'hi ' string. That is impossible in Python. …

In Python, the tendency is usually that one would use a non-fixed size list (that is to say items can be appended/removed to it dynamically). If you followed this, there would be no need to …

Oct 29, 2019 · If associated string values are valid Python names then you can get names of enum members using .name property like this: from enum import Enum class MyEnum(Enum): …

Apr 12, 2012 · Alternatively, you can also create a multiline f-string with triple quotes where literal newlines are considered part of the string. However, any spaces at the start of the line would …

If you use a raw string then you still have to work around a terminal "\" and with any string solution you'll have to worry about the closing ", ', ''' or """ if it is included in your data. That is, there's …

For ordinary functions and methods, like input, or the savefig method of Matplotlib plots, we need to prepare a string ourselves. Concatenation. Python supports using + between two strings, …

Apr 21, 2010 · Note that back in 2010, this answer made sense, but ever since Python 3.4's release in 2014, the answer is "you want to use enum for this", which lets you set an …

Jan 21, 2022 · However, concatenating to a string repeatedly involves copying the string many times. A bytearray, which is mutable, will likely be faster: msg = bytearray() # New empty byte …

Sep 3, 2012 · @imrek then instead of declaring an encoding of UTF-8, declare the encoding that your file actually uses. It has nothing to do with the Python version and everything to do with …