From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:56:32 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: #1530012: move TQS section before raw strings.
X-Git-Tag: v2.7a1~1670
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=186188d89dc1069f1cfd64811fe8e92f0c9d6774;p=python

#1530012: move TQS section before raw strings.
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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst b/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst
index 99e82a38e5..21d3627657 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst
@@ -199,21 +199,6 @@ the following::
    several lines of text just as you would do in C.
        Note that whitespace at the beginning of the line is significant.
 
-If we make the string literal a "raw" string, however, the ``\n`` sequences are
-not converted to newlines, but the backslash at the end of the line, and the
-newline character in the source, are both included in the string as data.  Thus,
-the example::
-
-   hello = r"This is a rather long string containing\n\
-   several lines of text much as you would do in C."
-
-   print hello
-
-would print::
-
-   This is a rather long string containing\n\
-   several lines of text much as you would do in C.
-
 Or, strings can be surrounded in a pair of matching triple-quotes: ``"""`` or
 ``'''``.  End of lines do not need to be escaped when using triple-quotes, but
 they will be included in the string. ::
@@ -230,6 +215,20 @@ produces the following output::
         -h                        Display this usage message
         -H hostname               Hostname to connect to
 
+If we make the string literal a "raw" string, ``\n`` sequences are not converted
+to newlines, but the backslash at the end of the line, and the newline character
+in the source, are both included in the string as data.  Thus, the example::
+
+   hello = r"This is a rather long string containing\n\
+   several lines of text much as you would do in C."
+
+   print hello
+
+would print::
+
+   This is a rather long string containing\n\
+   several lines of text much as you would do in C.
+
 The interpreter prints the result of string operations in the same way as they
 are typed for input: inside quotes, and with quotes and other funny characters
 escaped by backslashes, to show the precise value.  The string is enclosed in