[docs] Confusing sentence at http://docs.python.org/tutorial/introduction.html#strings

Georg Brandl georg at python.org
Sun Jun 27 12:46:48 CEST 2010


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Am 25.06.2010 01:54, schrieb dave000:
> http://docs.python.org/tutorial/introduction.html#strings
> 
> The statement
> "Note that newlines still need to be embedded in the string using \n;
> the newline following the trailing backslash is discarded. This
> example would print the following:"
> is confusing with the semicolon in that sentence. I was looking for a
> semicolon in the code fragment and thought there was a typo at first.
> 
> Perhaps the following would be clearer?
> ""Note that newlines still need to be embedded in the string using \n
> ; the newline following the trailing backslash is discarded. This
> example would print the following:"
> 
> The gray color on the command-line would then have enough white space
> to differentiate it from the semicolon.

I've replaced the semicolon by a dash now, should be easier to read.

Georg
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