[Python-checkins] r70893 - python/trunk/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst
georg.brandl
python-checkins at python.org
Tue Mar 31 22:56:32 CEST 2009
Author: georg.brandl
Date: Tue Mar 31 22:56:32 2009
New Revision: 70893
Log:
#1530012: move TQS section before raw strings.
Modified:
python/trunk/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst
Modified: python/trunk/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst (original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst Tue Mar 31 22:56:32 2009
@@ -199,21 +199,6 @@
several lines of text just as you would do in C.
Note that whitespace at the beginning of the line is significant.
-If we make the string literal a "raw" string, however, the ``\n`` sequences are
-not converted to newlines, but the backslash at the end of the line, and the
-newline character in the source, are both included in the string as data. Thus,
-the example::
-
- hello = r"This is a rather long string containing\n\
- several lines of text much as you would do in C."
-
- print hello
-
-would print::
-
- This is a rather long string containing\n\
- several lines of text much as you would do in C.
-
Or, strings can be surrounded in a pair of matching triple-quotes: ``"""`` or
``'''``. End of lines do not need to be escaped when using triple-quotes, but
they will be included in the string. ::
@@ -230,6 +215,20 @@
-h Display this usage message
-H hostname Hostname to connect to
+If we make the string literal a "raw" string, ``\n`` sequences are not converted
+to newlines, but the backslash at the end of the line, and the newline character
+in the source, are both included in the string as data. Thus, the example::
+
+ hello = r"This is a rather long string containing\n\
+ several lines of text much as you would do in C."
+
+ print hello
+
+would print::
+
+ This is a rather long string containing\n\
+ several lines of text much as you would do in C.
+
The interpreter prints the result of string operations in the same way as they
are typed for input: inside quotes, and with quotes and other funny characters
escaped by backslashes, to show the precise value. The string is enclosed in
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