Stef Mientki wrote: > hello, > > I'm running scripts, with the execute function (Python 2.5), > and it seems that triple quoted strings are not allowed. > > Is there a workaround, > or is this a fundamental problem of the exec-function ? > If you think about it, it should be obvious that you can't surround a string to be compiled with any of the quotes that appear inside the string to be compiled. That's about the only limitation I am aware of.
And, by the way, exec is a *statement*, not a function! >>> exec """print '''This is ... a long string''' ... """ This is a long string >>> regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
