[docs] Bug in tutorial

[1 2]

  Well, I think I found the problem, it was because the text warping of my
epub reader, now I switch back to pdf which is much better.

  As for shortening the example, I think it could be like the following:

Pls remember the backslash always continues a physical line which would
combine the two physical line where it locates and the line below into the
same logical line.

>>> print("""\
... first line
... second line\
... still second line
... third line with no trailing newline
..."""
)
The result would be:

'first line
second line still second line
third line with no trailing newline
'

Hi,
>
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 12:11 AM, 1 2 <bothenta at gmail.com> wrote:
> > There is a bug on chapter 3.1.2 on strings
> >
> > "End of lines are automatically included in the string, but it's
> possible to
> > prevent this by adding a \at the end of the line. The following example:"
> >
> > It said to add "\" at the end of the line.
> >
> > But in the example, it added backslash at the begin of the line
>
> The example looks correct to me.  Note that the backslash is at the
> beginning of the string, not the beginning of a line.  Here is a
> sample session that will hopefully make things a little clearer for
> you:
>
>    >>> """first line
>    ... second line
>    ... third line
>    ... fourth line"""
>    'first line\nsecond line\nthird line\nfourth line'
>    >>> print(_)     # At the interactive prompt, _ is always the last
> result
>    first line
>    second line
>    third line
>    fourth line
>    >>> """\
>    ... first line
>    ... second line
>    ... third line (empty fourth line follows)
>    ... """
>    'first line\nsecond line\nthird line (empty fourth line follows)\n'
>    >>> print(_)
>    first line
>    second line
>    third line (empty fourth line follows)
>
>    >>> """\
>    ... first line
>    ... second line\
>    ...  still second line
>    ... third line with no trailing newline\
>    ... """
>    'first line\nsecond line still second line\nthird line with no
> trailing newline'
>    >>> print(_)
>    first line
>    second line still second line
>    third line with no trailing newline
>
> Basically, a '\' at the end of a physical line causes the logical line
> to continue.  Does that make sense?
>
> The example above is way too long to add to the documentation, but if
> you can suggest any way to tweak the docs to make things clearer,
> please let us know!
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Zach
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/docs/attachments/20140327/92575b31/attachment.html>