Strings are objects representing text. A string is defined either with a single quote or a double quotes.
## this is a comment and will not be executed. # define a string between quotes # can be a single quote ' or a double quote " print "this is a string" print 'this is also a string' print """this is a multi-line string an other line in the string""" print '''this is also a multi-line string an other line in the string''' print "a 'single quote' can be in a string declared with double quotes" print 'a "double quote" can be in a string declared with a single quote'