>>> 'Py' 'thon'
'Python'
+This feature is particularly useful when you want to break long strings::
+
+ >>> text = ('Put several strings within parentheses '
+ ... 'to have them joined together.')
+ >>> text
+ 'Put several strings within parentheses to have them joined together.'
+
This only works with two literals though, not with variables or expressions::
>>> prefix = 'Py'
>>> prefix + 'thon'
'Python'
-This feature is particularly useful when you want to break long strings::
-
- >>> text = ('Put several strings within parentheses '
- ... 'to have them joined together.')
- >>> text
- 'Put several strings within parentheses to have them joined together.'
-
Strings can be *indexed* (subscripted), with the first character having index 0.
There is no separate character type; a character is simply a string of size
one::