On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 8:13 PM, Hugo Arts <hugo.yo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 4:42 AM, Lea Parker <lea-par...@bigpond.com> wrote: >> 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.
correct me if i'm wrong, but speaking of R, i think putting an 'r' or 'R' in front of the opening triple quotes to turn it into a raw string will make it so that you *wouldn't* have to double everything up. by the way... welcome to Python!! :-) cheers, -- wesley - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Core Python Programming", Prentice Hall, (c)2007,2001 "Python Fundamentals", Prentice Hall, (c)2009 http://corepython.com wesley.j.chun :: wescpy-at-gmail.com python training and technical consulting cyberweb.consulting : silicon valley, ca http://cyberwebconsulting.com _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
