Auto completion of triple quote """

[DonJayamanne]

From @caijunyi on November 2, 2017 14:55

Environment data

VS Code version: 1.17.2
Python Extension version: 0.7.0
Python Version: 3.6.3
OS and version: Win10

Actual behavior

1. Type """ on a new line
2. Observe that """ autocompletes to """" with the cursor between the third and forth ".

Expected behavior

Looking forward to getting the result of """cursor"""

Is it possible ?

Copied from original issue: DonJayamanne/pythonVSCode#1364

[DonJayamanne]

Please could you disable the extension and confirm the issue still exists.

[DonJayamanne]

From @caijunyi on November 5, 2017 14:33

Sorry, the description of the second behavoir was wrong. Actually, type " three times, it will be """, and there is no auto-completion. Is it possible to provide this feature ?

[DonJayamanne]

@caijunyi

type " three times, it will be """, and there is no auto-completion

What do you want this auto-completion to do?

[brettcannon]

Basically the OP wants automatic insertion of the closing """.

[junyicc]

@DonJayamanne This auto-completion will be convenient for python doc string

[DonJayamanne]

Closing in favor of #62

[junyicc]

Python doc is not the only way using tripple quotes but a commonly used condition. Tripple quotes is a feature of python string.

String literals can span multiple lines. One way is using triple-quotes: """...""" or '''...'''. End of lines are automatically included in the string, but it’s possible to prevent this by adding a \ at the end of the line.

Further, auto-completion for tripple quotes may help for auto-generation for doc.