Sorry, of course this is correct. Never mind. Am 9. Januar 2012 01:36 schrieb Rafael W. <rafael.wth at web.de>: > Hello everybody, > in chapter 3 it says as code example: > > hello = r"This is a rather long string containing\n\ > several lines of text much as you would do in C." > > The extra 'r' before the quote should be a typo. > Best, Rafael