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    copied!<p>What's the best way to format a large blob of text in python? I don't mean formatting the output, but rather for readability. I've been trying to follow the <a href="http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/" rel="nofollow">guidelines for python layout</a>, but I don't see any remarks on how to format a large blob of text.</p> <p>For example:</p> <pre><code>class GenerateCalendar(object): def __init__(self): super( GenerateCalendar, self ).__init__() def getCalendarHeader( self ): print """ BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Atlassian Software Systems//Confluence Calendar Plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT: X-WR-CALDESC;VALUE=TEXT: """ </code></pre> <p>The large block of text looks terrible and it's not indented by 4 spaces, so it's hard to read.</p> <p>What'd I'd like to see is:</p> <pre><code> def getCalendarHeader( self ): print """ BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Atlassian Software Systems//Confluence Calendar Plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT: X-WR-CALDESC;VALUE=TEXT: """ </code></pre> <p>but this introduces white space to the beginning of the output.</p> <p>Any ideas on how I can make this follow the recommended layout for python? I'd like to keep it neat and easy to read. </p> <p>Is it possible to do so without doing a print for each line? e.g.</p> <pre><code>def getCalendarHeader( self ): print "BEGIN:VCALENDAR\n" print "PRODID:-//Atlassian Software Systems//Confluence Calendar Plugin//EN\n" print "VERSION:2.0\n" print "CALSCALE:GREGORIAN\n" print "X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:\n" print "X-WR-CALDESC;VALUE=TEXT:\n" </code></pre> <p>The above is the way I'd like to have the code appear, without resorting to doing a print on each line.</p>
 

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