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		auxbuss on May 9, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Anki – Powerful, intelligent flashcards Serious question, I see this from time to time, but have no idea what triple double-quotes means? These """...""" Mentally, I transcribe it as CAPS LOCK, and ignore what is written. Should I interpret it in another way?

benwr on May 9, 2014 | [–]

They're from Python; they're a third kind of string delimiter, alongside '...' and "...". They allow multi-line strings (or, as in this case, quotations) that contain both unescaped " and ' characters.

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