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Mistake in python documentation related to escape sequences #95994

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anupkaushal97 opened this issue Aug 15, 2022 · 2 comments
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Mistake in python documentation related to escape sequences #95994

anupkaushal97 opened this issue Aug 15, 2022 · 2 comments
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anupkaushal97 commented Aug 15, 2022

Escape_Sequences
There is mistake related to escape sequences in Python documentation
page link: https://docs.python.org/3/reference/lexical_analysis.html#strings

it shows "\newline" with meaning "Backslash and newline ignored" while using this has no effect in code

print('Hello \newline World!')

outputs: Hello
ewline World!
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ronaldoussoren commented Aug 15, 2022 •
edited by ezio-melotti

The documentation could be clearer here, but what's meant is a literal newline, that is:

s = "foo \
bar"

Here the backslash and the newline after it are ignored.

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pythongh-95994: clarify escaped newlines.
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pythongh-95994: Clarify escaped newlines. (pythonGH-96066)
2217dc0 
* pythongh-95994: clarify escaped newlines.

* Rephrase ambiguous sentence.

Co-authored-by: C.A.M. Gerlach <CAM.Gerlach@Gerlach.CAM>

* Use `<newline>` in escape sequences table.

Co-authored-by: C.A.M. Gerlach <CAM.Gerlach@Gerlach.CAM>

Co-authored-by: C.A.M. Gerlach <CAM.Gerlach@Gerlach.CAM>
(cherry picked from commit c3d591f)

Co-authored-by: Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com>
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gh-95994: Clarify escaped newlines. (#96066)
c3d591f 
* gh-95994: clarify escaped newlines.

* Rephrase ambiguous sentence.

Co-authored-by: C.A.M. Gerlach <CAM.Gerlach@Gerlach.CAM>

* Use `<newline>` in escape sequences table.

Co-authored-by: C.A.M. Gerlach <CAM.Gerlach@Gerlach.CAM>

Co-authored-by: C.A.M. Gerlach <CAM.Gerlach@Gerlach.CAM>
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gh-95994: Clarify escaped newlines. (GH-96066)
f0469c7 
* gh-95994: clarify escaped newlines.

* Rephrase ambiguous sentence.

Co-authored-by: C.A.M. Gerlach <CAM.Gerlach@Gerlach.CAM>

* Use `<newline>` in escape sequences table.

Co-authored-by: C.A.M. Gerlach <CAM.Gerlach@Gerlach.CAM>

Co-authored-by: C.A.M. Gerlach <CAM.Gerlach@Gerlach.CAM>
(cherry picked from commit c3d591f)

Co-authored-by: Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com>
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[3.10] pythongh-95994: Clarify escaped newlines. (pythonGH-96066)
6659b83 
* pythongh-95994: clarify escaped newlines.

* Rephrase ambiguous sentence.

Co-authored-by: C.A.M. Gerlach <CAM.Gerlach@Gerlach.CAM>

* Use `<newline>` in escape sequences table.

Co-authored-by: C.A.M. Gerlach <CAM.Gerlach@Gerlach.CAM>

Co-authored-by: C.A.M. Gerlach <CAM.Gerlach@Gerlach.CAM>.
(cherry picked from commit c3d591f)

Co-authored-by: Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com>
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[3.10] gh-95994: Clarify escaped newlines. (GH-96066) (#96360)
f51c232 
* gh-95994: clarify escaped newlines.

* Rephrase ambiguous sentence.

Co-authored-by: C.A.M. Gerlach <CAM.Gerlach@Gerlach.CAM>

* Use `<newline>` in escape sequences table.

Co-authored-by: C.A.M. Gerlach <CAM.Gerlach@Gerlach.CAM>

Co-authored-by: C.A.M. Gerlach <CAM.Gerlach@Gerlach.CAM>.
(cherry picked from commit c3d591f)

Co-authored-by: Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com>
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ezio-melotti commented Aug 28, 2022

Fixed, thanks for the report!

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