Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!feeder.news-service.com!xlned.com!feeder5.xlned.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.000 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'folks': 0.04; 'string,': 0.05; 'subject:two': 0.07; 'python': 0.08; '+0200,': 0.09; '>>>>': 0.09; 'long"': 0.09; 'subject:string': 0.09; 'pm,': 0.10; 'def': 0.12; 'wrote:': 0.14; '-tkc': 0.16; 'consecutive': 0.16; 'from:addr:python.list': 0.16; 'from:addr:tim.thechases.com': 0.16; 'from:name:tim chase': 0.16; 'literals': 0.16; 'message- id:@tim.thechases.com': 0.16; 'occasionally': 0.16; 'subject:lines': 0.16; 'subject:split': 0.16; 'text:': 0.16; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.17; 'mon,': 0.17; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.21; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.23; 'reason,': 0.23; 'subject:code': 0.23; '"this': 0.25; 'string': 0.26; "i'm": 0.27; 'closing': 0.28; '(as': 0.29; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.30; '"but': 0.30; 'separate': 0.31; 'print': 0.31; 'tend': 0.32; 'list': 0.33; 'things': 0.33; '...': 0.34; 'there': 0.35; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.35; 'changes.': 0.35; 'here,': 0.35; 'cc:2**1': 0.35; 'pretty': 0.37; 'put': 0.37; 'but': 0.38; 'though': 0.38; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'some': 0.38; 'received:209': 0.39; 'huge': 0.62; 'noise': 0.67; 'truth': 0.68; '("this': 0.84; 'paren': 0.84; 'subject:long': 0.93 Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:33:35 -0500 From: Tim Chase User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110414 Thunderbird/3.1.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tycho Andersen Subject: Re: split long string in two code lines References: <4df681ae$0$2694$4fafbaef@reader1.news.tin.it> <20110613215510.GP2322@point.cs.wisc.edu> In-Reply-To: <20110613215510.GP2322@point.cs.wisc.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - boston.accountservergroup.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - python.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tim.thechases.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: python-list@python.org, Tracubik X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 44 NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.94.164.166 X-Trace: 1308004430 news.xs4all.nl 49038 [::ffff:82.94.164.166]:54222 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:7565 On 06/13/2011 04:55 PM, Tycho Andersen wrote: > On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 11:31:29PM +0200, Tracubik wrote: >> 4 print "this is a very long string that i'm going to >> write 5 here, it'll be for sure longer than 80 columns" >> >> Is there a better way to split the string? > > There is! Python (as C) concatenates string literals with nothing in > between them. > >>>> def foo(): > ... print "this is not such a huge line " \ > ... "but it's still pretty long" > ... >>>> foo() > this is not such a huge line but it's still pretty long Python also treats consecutive strings as a single string, so you can do things like print ("this is not " "such a huge line " "even though it has " "lots of text in it." ) I tend to put the closing paren on its own line just to minimize noise in my VCS diffs when the text changes. Truth be told, I often put the opening paren separate from the text: print ( "this is not " "such a huge line " "even though it has " "lots of text in it." ) for the same reason, even though I know some folks on the list occasionally grouse about dangling-parens. -tkc