I've started learning Python recently and I don't understand why Python behaves like this:
>>> "OK"
'OK'
>>> """OK"""
'OK'
>>> "not Ok'
File "<stdin>", line 1
"not Ok'
^
SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal
>>> "not OK"""
'not OK'
Why doesn't it give an error for the last statement as the number of quotes does not match?
The final """ is not recognized as a triple-quotation, but a single " (to close the current string literal) followed by an empty string ""; the two juxtaposed string literals are concatenated. The same behavior can be more readily recognized by putting a space between the closing and opening ".
>>> "not OK" ""
'not OK'
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