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Created July 31, 2013 18:34
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a simple little quine in python.
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quine.py
s = "s = {0}{1}{0};{2}print s.format(chr(34),s,chr(10))"
print s.format(chr(34),s,chr(10))
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things to note when writing a quine:

  • any special char that needs escaping in strings (like quotes, newlines, etc) must be replaced in a format instead
  • you can't use those chars in the literal represenation in format or else they would have to be escaped in the string!
  • the most mind boggling thing is inserting the string in itself
  • python has this function called repr that probably rendered the need for ascii char codes to be void

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