goldtech <goldt...@worldpost.com> writes: > Only seems to work when there's a '... ' on the 2nd line.
You seem to be confused by the presentation of the interactive interpreter. That text is a prompt. > I need a way to assign large blocks of text to a variable w/out > special formatting. That's what triple-quoted string syntax is for. You would do well to work through the entirety of the Python tutorial <URL:http://docs.python.org/tutorial/>. Take the time to actually perform each exercise and experiment until you understand the concept being presented, before moving on. -- \ “I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. | `\ But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take | _o__) it seriously.” —Douglas Adams | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list