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Re: why the output is different when i am implementig multiline string

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Date 2013-01-03 01:21 +1100
Subject Re: why the output is different when i am implementig multiline string
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.1568.1357136513.29569.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 1:00 AM,  <stringsatif1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> '''hello
> world'''
> 'hello\nworld'
>>>> fred=''' hello
> world'''
>>>> print(fred)
>  hello
> world

That's because repr() converts the newline into "\n", while print
renders it literally. Check out repr() in the docs:

http://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html?highlight=repr#repr

ChrisA

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why the output is different when i am implementig multiline string stringsatif1@gmail.com - 2013-01-02 06:00 -0800
  Re: why the output is different when i am implementig multiline string Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-03 01:21 +1100
  Re: why the output is different when i am implementig multiline string Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2013-01-02 09:22 -0500

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