On May 11, 6:26 pm, Tim Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [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. > > ...which it does. > > >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, > > No, you don't. You can also enter """ or ''' to properly close the quote. > > >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? > > As a general rule, when you are just beginning to learn some product, it is > safe to assume that anything you see as a bug in the product is almost > certainly a flaw in your understanding of the product. > -- > Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
I hold further, it is more profitable, unless you can change it. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
