Tim Chase wrote: >> I have made this string: >> >> TITLE = 'Efficiency of set operations: sort model, >> (cphstl::set::insert(p,e)^n cphstl::set::insert(e)), integer' >> >> But I am not allowed to break the line like that: >> >> IndentationError: unexpected indent >> >> How do I break a line? > > Depends on what you want. You can embed running strings with newlines > using triple-quotes (either single- or double-quotes): > > TITLE = """Efficiency... > (cphstl:...""" > > > Or you can use string concatenation using line-continuations: > > TITLE = "Efficiency..." \ > "(cphstl:..." > > or using parens > > TITLE = ("Efficiency..." > "(cphstl:...") > > > > I like the clean'ness of the first version, but sometimes get irked by > it including my leading whitespace (there are some workarounds, but all > involve more than trivial effort). I tend to use the 2nd in the case > you describe, but usually using the 3rd version in all other cases where > it's as a parameter to a function call or some other bracketed/braced > construct. > > -tkc > >
Ok thanks! Btw why double quotes " instead of single ' ? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list