# strings and printing
#
# basics
#
print "This is a string. Surround it with double quotes."
print 'This is a string. Surround it with single quotes.'
print "You can use 'single quotes' in a string with double quotes."
print 'You can use "double quotes" in a string with single quotes.'
print 'hello "there" you!'
raw_input("Press ENTER to continue> ")
print "\n"
#
# escaping characters
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print "The backslash character \"\\\" makes the character after it be treated as a character, even if it normally has special meaning."
print 'Here it is another way: "\"'
print "\\\\ is a backslash: \\"
print "\\a is an alarm: \a"
print "             1234567890123456789012345678901234567890"
print "\\t is a tab: x\ty\tz"
print "\\b is a backspace: _\b+"
raw_input("Press ENTER to continue> ")
print "\n"
#
# handling long lines
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print "This is a very, very long \
string that goes on forever and ever, \
just like a lecture that is too long."
raw_input("Press ENTER to continue> ")
print "\n"
#
# printing several lines at once
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print "This is a very, very long \n\
string that goes on forever and ever, \n\
just like a lecture that is too long. \n\
Notice it is split over several lines, unlike the previous one."
print '''This is a very, very long 
string that goes on forever and ever, 
just like a lecture that is too long. 
It too is split over several lines, but doesn't use the "\\n" convention.'''
raw_input("Press ENTER to continue> ")
print "\n"
#
# no newline
#
print "After this prints, the cursor stays on the same line ...",
print "And now we end the line"
raw_input("Press ENTER to continue> ")
print "\n"
#
# concatenating strings
#
print "To concatenate strings, use the \"+\" operator:"
print "hello + goodbye is " "hello" + "goodbye"
print "Now let's be excessively obsequious"
print "YESSIR! " * 10
print """
\t\t\t***********
\t\t\t* GOODBYE *
\t\t\t***********
"""