Python: Stringing You Along - Making Text Appear Exactly As You Typed It (Page 2 of 4 )
#!/usr/local/bin/python
two_cities= """
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom,
it was the age of
foolishness
it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season
of Light, it was the season
of Darkness,
it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything
before us,
we had nothing
before us,
we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the
other way-
in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some
of its noisiest
authorities
insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative
degree
of comparison
only.
"""
print "Look out! Dickens is back!"
print " "
print two_cities
The result of this code:
Look out! Dickens is back!
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom,
it was the age of
foolishness
it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season
of Light, it was the season
of Darkness,
it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything
before us,
we had nothing
before us,
we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the
other way-
in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some
of its noisiest
authorities
insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative
degree
of comparison
only.
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