Kent Johnson wrote:
> Eric Brunson wrote:
>   
>> claxo wrote:
>>     
>>> dont indent the line after '\', that means 0 indent
>>>
>>> s = 'hello\
>>> boy'
>>>   
>>>       
>> Or, arguably better:
>>
>> s = '''hello
>> boy'''
>>     
>
> That is a different string, it contains a newline, the original does not:
>
> In [20]: s = 'hello\
>     ....: boy'
> In [21]: s2 = '''hello
>     ....: boy'''
> In [22]: s==s2
> Out[22]: False
> In [23]: print s
> helloboy
> In [24]: print s2
> hello
> boy
>   

You're right.  I though he was looking to embed the newline, but I read 
it wrong.

>
> Kent
>   

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