On May 11, 6:59 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If you are in the interactive prompt of the Python interpreter and you > do this > > print """Testing\""" or print '''Testing\''' > > you get three dots [...] as if Python expects a code block. If you > press Enter, you get three dots again, and again, and again... You > can't get out of the code block with pressing the Enter key; you have > to press Ctrl+Z (if you're in Linux) in order to get out of that code > block, which then throws you back to the Linux command line, but > before that it prints this line > > [1]+ Stopped python > > If you do > > print "Testing\" or print 'Testing\' > > you get an error, but not of you use the triple quotes. Is that a bug > in the interpreter perhaps?
No. This might clue you in: >>> print """Testing\"""" Testing" >>> Cheers, John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
