[docs] Tutorial Different Than Reality

[Bill Stephens]

Hi,



Trying to learn yet another scripting language.

Referring to tutorial on docs.python.org.

Python 3.2.2 installed on Windows7.



Using:

13:25:39.64 C:\Work>python

Python 3.2.2 (default, Sep  4 2011, 09:07:29) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)] on
win32

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>>>



In the tutorial on strings demonstrating surrounding a text string with “””:



*print* """

Usage: thingy [OPTIONS]

     -h                        Display this usage message

     -H hostname               Hostname to connect to

"""



Python handles this differently than the tutorial suggests:



>>> print """

... Usage: thingy [OPTIONS]

...      -h                    Display this usage message

...      -H hostname           Hostname to connect to

... """

  File "<stdin>", line 5

    """

      ^

SyntaxError: invalid syntax

>>>



Regards,

Bill Stephens



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