strings, lists, tuples and dicts in python

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    "Double Quotes and Single Qoutes"
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    "Escape charachter \\"
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    "In R, a list would be created like this newnames2=c('ajay','vijay','john','donald','hillary','bill','ashok')"
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    "So in R the index starts from 1 , while in Python the index starts with 0. Copius battles have been fought and beers drunk to determine which method is better. However the difference is more important to the mildly confused and bemused person making the transition from one language to other"
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    "newnames2[0]='micky mouse' #substituting members in a list"
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       "['micky mouse',\n",
       " 'vijay',\n",
       " 'donald',\n",
       " 'hillary',\n",
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       " 'ashok',\n",
       " 'daisy',\n",
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       " 7]"
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    "a tuple is a list that uses parenthese () not square brackets [] and it cant be modified at all once created "
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       " '__class__',\n",
       " '__contains__',\n",
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   "execution_count": 89,
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