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  Fix Issue 10303: a small clarification in the tutorial.
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@ -178,6 +178,13 @@ several ways. They can be enclosed in single quotes or double quotes::
>>> '"Isn\'t," she said.' >>> '"Isn\'t," she said.'
'"Isn\'t," she said.' '"Isn\'t," she said.'
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
double quotes if the string contains a single quote and no double quotes, else
it's enclosed in single quotes. The :keyword:`print` statement produces a more
readable output for such input strings.
String literals can span multiple lines in several ways. Continuation lines can String literals can span multiple lines in several ways. Continuation lines can
be used, with a backslash as the last character on the line indicating that the be used, with a backslash as the last character on the line indicating that the
next line is a logical continuation of the line:: next line is a logical continuation of the line::