abcd wrote: > When do I need to use a trailing slash to separate code over multiple > lines. > > For example: > > x = "hello world, this is my multiline " + \ > "string!!!!"
Yes. > > x = {'name' : \ > 'bob'} No. You don't need trailing slashes whenever there's a pair of {}, [] or () wrapping things. I never use trailing slashes -- I just wrap the expression in parentheses. STeVe -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list