When to use %r instead of %s in Python?

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Full question
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6005...

Question links:
[Learn Python the Hard Way]: http://learnpythonthehardway.org/

Accepted answer links:
[str()]: https://docs.python.org/2/library/functi...
[repr()]: https://docs.python.org/2/library/functi...
[repr()]: https://docs.python.org/2/library/functi...
[repr()]: https://docs.python.org/2/library/functi...

Answer 2 links:
[this example]: http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/ex...

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