On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 1:00 AM, <stringsat...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> '''hello > world''' > 'hello\nworld' >>>> fred=''' hello > world''' >>>> print(fred) > hello > world
That's because repr() converts the newline into "\n", while print renders it literally. Check out repr() in the docs: http://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html?highlight=repr#repr ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list