How to print double quotes in python

Printing double quotes is tricky, as it itself is required as part of syntax to print the strings by surrounding them. In this article we will see how these double quotes can be printed using print statement.

The below scenarios will not print the double quote. The first two lines of code will give no output while the last one will through error.

Example

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print[" "]
print[" " " "]
print[""aString""]

Output

Running the above code gives us the following result −;

print[""aString""]
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

But if we surround the strings with proper quotes as shown below, then the quotes can themselves get printed. Enclosing double quotes within single quotes does the trick.

Example

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print['Hello Tutorialspoint']
print['"Hello Tutorialspoint"']

Output

Running the above code gives us the following result −

Hello Tutorialspoint
"Hello Tutorialspoint"

Using string variables

We can also use string formatting to print the double quotes as well as any other character which is part of the print syntax.

Example

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StringVar = 'Hello Tutorialspoint'
print["\"%s\""% StringVar ]
print["\%s\"% StringVar ]
print['"%s"' % StringVar ]
print['"{}"'.format[StringVar]]

Output

Running the above code gives us the following result −

"Hello Tutorialspoint"
\Hello Tutorialspoint\
"Hello Tutorialspoint"
"Hello Tutorialspoint"

Updated on 26-Feb-2020 07:54:40

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The string escaped with backslash : geeks"for"geeks

The string escaped with triple quotes : geeks"for"geeks

Update :

From Python 3.6, you can use f-strings

>>> print[f'"{word}"']
"Some Random Word"

Original Answer :

You can try %-formatting

>>> print['"%s"' % word]
"Some Random Word"

OR str.format

>>> print['"{}"'.format[word]]
"Some Random Word"

OR escape the quote character with \

>>> print["\"%s\"" % word]
"Some Random Word"

And, if the double-quotes is not a restriction [i.e. single-quotes would do]

>>> from pprint import pprint, pformat
>>> print[pformat[word]]
'Some Random Word'
>>> pprint[word]
'Some Random Word'

OR like others have already said [include it in your declaration]

>>> word = '"Some Random Word"'
>>> print[word]
"Some Random Word"

Use whichever you feel to be better or less confusing.

And, if you need to do it for multiple words, you might as well create a function

def double_quote[word]:
    return '"%s"' % word

print[double_quote[word], double_quote[word2]]

And [if you know what you're doing &] if you're concerned about performance of these, see this comparison.

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