Python multi-line string losing formatting

Question

I am making a hangman game, which gets the hangman shape from a list. For some reason though, because each image is in a multiline string, somehow it loses formatting so that one line goes on the same as another.

Here's the code:

    '''

     ___________.._______
    | .__________))______|
    | | / /      ||
    | |/ /       ||
    | | /        ||.-''.
    | |/         |/  _  \
    | |          ||  `/,| #this line!
    | |          (\\`_.'
    | |          -`--'
    | |          |   |
    | |          |   |
    | |          |   |
    | |          | _ |
    | |          
    | |          
    | |          
    | |          
    | |         
    """"""""""""""""""""""""|
    |"|"""""""\ \       '"|"|
    | |        \ \        | |
    : :         \ \       : :  
    . .          `'       . .'''

Obviously, where it say's '#this line!', that's the one that moves up. I can provide the rest of the list if required.

Thanks! :)

eh, don't understand the question... Some code would be nice... — Fredrik Pihl, May 23 '13 at 13:03

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered May 23 '13 at 13:04

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Try escaping the \ (backslash).

Clarification: the line before the line that moves up ends in a '\', this character has special meaning, if you escape it by adding another '\' it will work properly, so change it to '\\'.

answered May 23 '13 at 13:04

Blubber

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 23 '13 at 13:23

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The other thing you can do is to define your string as a raw string:

a = r'''

...

'''

Note the 'r' character before the string definition

answered May 23 '13 at 13:23

sherve

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Python multi-line string losing formatting

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