TheFlyingDutchman wrote: > On Sep 12, 5:30 pm, Amer Neely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm a complete newbie with Python, but have several years experience >> with Perl in a web environment. >> >> A question I have, if someone here is familiar with Perl, does Python >> have something like Perl's 'here document'? I've just searched and read >> some postings on generating HTML but they all seem to refer to various >> template utilities. Is this the only way, or am I missing something? I'm >> used to generating X/HTML by hand, which makes the here document in Perl >> ideal for me. Also, many times a client already existing HTML code that >> I can use in a script. >> >> -- >> Amer Neely >> w:www.webmechanic.softouch.on.ca/ >> Perl | MySQL programming for all data entry forms. >> "Others make web sites. We make web sites work!" > > I am not sure if this is what you are looking for, but Python has a > special string with 3 quotes that I believe duplicates part of the > functionality of a here document: > > myHmtlHeader = """ > <head attribute = "abc"> > <title>My Page</title> > </head> > """ > > print myHtmlHeader > > > outputs: > > > <head attribute="abc"> > <title>My Page</title> > </head> >
Yep, I think that is the way I will have to go. Thanks. -- Amer Neely w: www.webmechanic.softouch.on.ca/ Perl | MySQL programming for all data entry forms. "Others make web sites. We make web sites work!" -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
