# avoid-quote-escape (Q003) Derived from the **flake8-quotes** linter. Autofix is always available. ### What it does Checks for strings that include escaped quotes, and suggests changing the quote style to avoid the need to escape them. ### Why is this bad? It's preferable to avoid escaped quotes in strings. By changing the outer quote style, you can avoid escaping inner quotes. ### Example ```python foo = 'bar\'s' ``` Use instead: ```python foo = "bar's" ```