Breaking a string line

Are you referring to the fact that he put the string on two different lines like this:

print("hello",
         "this is a test")

Are you asking why he did it like this?

Sure, that makes sense. Here is the main reason why he did it.

1. So that the string didn't get to long.

When you code, and you chain methods together like you do in .csharp or java. Sometimes the strings can get very very long. For example:

print("this is a string, that is really long and when someone is reading this they might have to scroll to the right")

That is a long line, and when chaining methods together, it can get very long and hard to read. A good rule of thumb is to break up the code onto multiple lines.

print("This is a really long string",
        ("but it's a lot better to read")

And yes, you might notice I split it on the comma, that is what I need to do in order to return a line. It's like progressive, it's just what you do lol.

Now, there is a second way. The string above, although written on two lines, prints onto one line. Which may not be what you actually want. You might actually want to the code on two separate lines. This is accomplished by using three single or double quotes.

print(""" this will make the string
           keep it's formate
          when it's printed to the screen""")

The reason I used triple quotes """ instead of triple single quotes like ''' is because my string contains a single quote in it's. If I didn't have that "it's" single quote. I could of used three triple quotes.

Here is the two methods in all their glory.

>>> print("""this code will not print on one line.
... it will actually keep it's formating,
... which is pretty cool""")
this code will not print on one line.
it will actually keep it's formating,
which is pretty cool
>>> print("this code on the other hand",
... " is printed on a single line")
('this code on the other hand', ' is printed on a single line')
>>>

See how one gets printed on the same line despite being split up when done as two separate strings separated by a comma unlike the first one which prints it out keeping the line separations.

I should say there is also more than just these two ways to do this. You could use line breaks too but let's not beat a dead horse.

Does that makes sense?

Ryan Ruscett, thanks for your respond.

See, in the 4:55 minutes of the video, Kenneth break the string lines with none of the ways you mentioned. I do not understand what just happened?

Hey Sahar,

In programming, there are often several ways to accomplish the exact same task. Programming is an evolution. Think of it like this. Before big data and data science. Where I have to crunch millions and millions of abstract pieces of data to come up with a correlation. I could probably get away with basic math in most computer programs. When those same methods used to compute basic math, are used to compute basic math a million times as fast as possible. There is often need for a new way in which to do the same thing to enhance performance. This trend continues on and on. In the end, there ends up being multiple ways to do the same thing. Depending on what exactly you are doing, there may be a better way than it was done before. Some methods might have security implications. Methods such as eval() vs exec() can accomplish the same thing, but one is more secure than the other. When eval() was used, security wasn't on everyones mind. Although, one may write code using both of these methods in situations where security isn't an issue. Kenneth can't teach us all the ways to accomplish a single task, for we typically 90 percent of the time only need 1.

Does that help explain it? Just use whatever sticks with you or you find the easiest

John Larson, hi,

No, he did not use any comma, you can check it on the video. It makes me crazy to know it :(.

John Larson Thank you so much.

I checked, and you're right, it is working. But I remember that I tried this before and it did not work out :)). Clearly, I am wrong :)).