I'd like to thank everyone who posted on this thread. I was reading a Korn shell manual the other day and could not figure out what a "here" document was. I'm going to take another run at it with this conversation in mind! Sometimes I can't see the path until I know where it goes.
John Purser -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Powe Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 14:55 To: tutor@python.org Subject: [Tutor] here documents Hello, In perl, I create variables of fairly involved text using here documents. For example, $msg = <<"EOF"; a bunch of text here. ... EOF Is there an equivalent method in python? I usually use this method when creating help messages for scripts -- put all the text into a variable and the 'print $msg' for the output. I find it an easy way to produce formatted text. Now, I'm trying to switch over to python and want to recreate or adapt my processes. Thanks. mp _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
