Christian Alexander wrote: > Hello Tutorians, > > Why does the interactive prompt not recognize escape sequences in strings? > It only works correctly if I use the print function in python 3. > >>>> "Hello\nWorld" > "Hello\nWorld"
The way python shows objects in the interactive interpreter has been found the most useful for the intended purpose -- to explore python objects and to provide a debugging aid. But you can customise the behaviour by defining your own displayhook: >>> import builtins >>> import sys >>> def dh(obj): ... if obj is not None: ... builtins._ = obj ... print(obj) ... >>> sys.displayhook = dh >>> "hello\nworld" hello world For a more robust version as a possible starting point for your own efforts see: http://docs.python.org/dev/library/sys.html#sys.displayhook Personally, I recommend that you use the interactive interpreter as is some more -- it'll grow on you. You may also give IPython <http://ipython.org/> a try. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
