On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 4:42 AM, Lea Parker <lea-par...@bigpond.com> wrote: > Hello > > I am working through a purchased text book Python programming for beginners. > Chapter two shows how to create a basic program using triple-quoted strings. > > I am having problems working out what I have done incorrectly. The game over > block writing should stay on the same line but the bottom half of the word > over comes up next to the top half of the word over. Hope that makes sense. >
It's the backslashes. A backslash at the end of a line means to disregard the newline. You need to "escape" the backslash with another backslash. See here: >>> print """this string \ ... won't have a newline, or a slash in it""" this string won't have a newline, or a slash in it >>> print """this string \\ ... will""" this string \ will The R ends in backslashes, so you need to double those up. Hugo _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
