@@ -199,21 +199,6 @@ the following::
199199 several lines of text just as you would do in C.
200200 Note that whitespace at the beginning of the line is significant.
201201
202- If we make the string literal a "raw" string, however, the ``\n `` sequences are
203- not converted to newlines, but the backslash at the end of the line, and the
204- newline character in the source, are both included in the string as data. Thus,
205- the example::
206-
207- hello = r"This is a rather long string containing\n\
208- several lines of text much as you would do in C."
209-
210- print hello
211-
212- would print::
213-
214- This is a rather long string containing\n\
215- several lines of text much as you would do in C.
216-
217202Or, strings can be surrounded in a pair of matching triple-quotes: ``""" `` or
218203``''' ``. End of lines do not need to be escaped when using triple-quotes, but
219204they will be included in the string. ::
@@ -230,6 +215,20 @@ produces the following output::
230215 -h Display this usage message
231216 -H hostname Hostname to connect to
232217
218+ If we make the string literal a "raw" string, ``\n `` sequences are not converted
219+ to newlines, but the backslash at the end of the line, and the newline character
220+ in the source, are both included in the string as data. Thus, the example::
221+
222+ hello = r"This is a rather long string containing\n\
223+ several lines of text much as you would do in C."
224+
225+ print hello
226+
227+ would print::
228+
229+ This is a rather long string containing\n\
230+ several lines of text much as you would do in C.
231+
233232The interpreter prints the result of string operations in the same way as they
234233are typed for input: inside quotes, and with quotes and other funny characters
235234escaped by backslashes, to show the precise value. The string is enclosed in
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