On 04/12/2013 03:58 PM, Christian Tismer wrote:
I wanted to point a bling guy to the Python wiki:
http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers/SimpleExamples#preview
and when reading a little bit, I found the entry on multiline strings.
This entry?
Defining multiline strings
string = '''This is a string with embedded newlines.
Also known as a tripled-quoted string.
Whitespace at the beginning of lines is included,
so the above line is indented but the others are not.
'''
I found that example pretty contorted, because this is not a multiline string.
Instead, there are multiple lines which define a single line string!
Actually, the construct is even syntactically nothing else than a single
line string which is handled by the parser, already.
That string has four (4) embedded '\n's -- that makes it multiline.
A multiline string is IMHO a string which value covers multiple lines, after
whatever
pre-processing was done. I don't think the given example is very helpful,
but adds confusion.
And that string does cover multiple lines.
Where would I add such a complaint, usually?
Or should I simply fix it?
Nothing broken here, move along, nothing to see...
--
~Ethan~
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