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Re: split long string in two code lines

From Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
Subject Re: split long string in two code lines
Date 2011-06-13 23:55 -0400
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On 6/13/2011 5:51 PM, darnold wrote:
> print "this" \
>      " is" \
>      " a" \
>      " test" \
> this is a test

 >>> print('this'
       ' is'
       ' a'
       ' test')
this is a test

Python ignores \n within parentheses, brackets, and braces, so no 
fragile trailing backslash needed. ('Fragile', because invisible space 
or tab after '\' is an error.)

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy

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split long string in two code lines Tracubik <affdfsdfdsfsd@b.com> - 2011-06-13 23:31 +0200
  Re: split long string in two code lines darnold <darnold992000@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-13 14:51 -0700
    Re: split long string in two code lines Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-06-13 23:55 -0400
  Re: split long string in two code lines Tycho Andersen <tycho@tycho.ws> - 2011-06-13 16:55 -0500
  Re: split long string in two code lines Redcat <redcat@catfolks.net> - 2011-06-13 22:21 +0000
  Re: split long string in two code lines Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2011-06-13 17:33 -0500
  Re: split long string in two code lines Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-14 08:38 +1000
  Re: split long string in two code lines Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2011-06-13 18:03 -0500
  Re: split long string in two code lines Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-14 09:11 +1000

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