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Just to explore the Python API, I'm trying to rewrite built-in shelf tools' Hscript parameters in Python. To my surprise, changing
 

`opinputpath("../../transform1", 0)`


to
 

hou.node("../../transform1").inputs()[0].path()

 

actually works. I wonder why Python expression doesn't need to be surrounded in backticks(`)? How does Houdini know I'm typing in a Python expression instead of a string?

And more importantly, what if I really want
 

hou.node("../../transform1").inputs()[0].path()

 

to be treated as a string instead of an expression?

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