On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 11:13 PM, Nick Nguyen <pythonlear...@yahoo.com.dmarc.invalid> wrote: > > Hi, > I use python 3.4.3. > I'm using print function with triple quote, as I understand all the character > will be printed as exactly within the triple quote, even with the backslash > character. However as you see in the RESULT printout, the first backslash > come out OK, but it misses the last backslash, unless I put "\\". > print( ''' ____ _ __ ______ _____ / _ \ | | > / / | ___| | _ \ > ''' ) > > RESULT: > > ____ _ __ ______ _____ / _ \ | | / / | > ___| | _ >
I started a thread recently: http://code.activestate.com/lists/python-tutor/103394/ essentially about this same topic. The problem is the backslash character is used to initiate "escape" sequences. And since every line ends with with "invisible" line termination character(s) (newline, \n, carriage return, \r), the backslash at the end of a line interacts with what is there, whether you can see it or not. -- boB _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
