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Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python?

From Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python?
Date 2012-10-13 20:43 +0300
Organization University of Helsinki
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Chris Angelico writes:

> Here's a side challenge. In any shell you like, start with this
> failing statement, and then fix it without retyping anything:
> 
> sikorsky@sikorsky:~$ python -c "a=1; if a: print(a)"
>   File "<string>", line 1
>     a=1; if a: print(a)
>           ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> 
> In bash, I was unable to insert a newline into the quoted string. My
> only option was to backspace everything after the point where I
> wanted the newline, then hit enter, then retype the if. I'm curious
> to know if that's simply because I didn't think of (some bash
> feature), or alternatively, if there's another shell that would have
> made this easy.

C-v C-j inserts a newline for me, in bash.

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Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Etienne Robillard <animelovin@gmail.com> - 2012-10-12 19:04 -0400
  Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-13 00:32 +0000
    Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Thomas Bach <thbach@students.uni-mainz.de> - 2012-10-13 10:41 +0200
    Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-13 20:03 +1100
    Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-14 04:23 +1100
      Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2012-10-13 20:43 +0300
        Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-14 04:47 +1100
    Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-14 05:41 +1100
    Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-10-13 15:19 -0400
    Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-10-13 16:42 -0400
    Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-14 08:39 +1100
    Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-14 09:09 +1100

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