Day1: Understanding the Importance of Double Quotation Marks in Python Strings

Have you ever wondered why we use double quotation marks in string programming languages?

Let’s take a simple example:

print("Hello, world!")        

You have the keyword print, followed by a set of parentheses. Inside the parentheses, you specify what you want it to print. Once this line of code is executed, the computer knows to output exactly what’s between those parentheses. But it’s not just the words “Hello, world!” that we put inside the parentheses. We also use double quotation marks around the text.

So why do we need these quotation marks?

The reason is simple: they tell the computer that this portion is not code to be executed like the print statement—it’s just text we want the computer to display. In programming lingo, these text elements are known as "strings."

This is why you need to be careful while typing; any missing or extra quotation marks can lead to errors!