How to print multiple lines of text with Python

If I wanted to print multiple lines of text in Python without typing print('') for every line, is there a way to do that?

I’m using this for ASCII art.

(Python 3.5.1)

Answers:

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Method 1

You can use triple quotes (single ‘ or double “):

a = """
text
text
text
"""

print(a)

Method 2

As far as I know, there are three different ways.

Use os.linesep in your print:

print(f"first line{os.linesep}Second line")

Use sep=os.linesep in print:

print("first line", "second line", sep=os.linesep)

Use triple quotes and a multiline string:

print("""
Line1
Line2
""")

Method 3

I wanted to answer to the following question which is a little bit different than this:

Best way to print messages on multiple lines

He wanted to show lines from repeated characters too. He wanted this output:

----------------------------------------
# Operator Micro-benchmarks
# Run_mode: short
# Num_repeats: 5
# Num_runs: 1000

----------------------------------------

You can create those lines inside f-strings with a multiplication, like this:

run_mode, num_repeats, num_runs = 'short', 5, 1000

s = f"""
{'-'*40}
# Operator Micro-benchmarks
# Run_mode: {run_mode}
# Num_repeats: {num_repeats}
# Num_runs: {num_runs}

{'-'*40}
"""

print(s)

Method 4

The triple quotes answer is great for ASCII art, but for those wondering – what if my multiple lines are a tuple, list, or other iterable that returns strings (perhaps a list comprehension?), then how about:

print("n".join(<*iterable*>))

For example:

print("n".join(["{}={}".format(k, v) for k, v in os.environ.items() if 'PATH' in k]))

Method 5

I realize it is an old thread, but my comment might help someone, so here it is:
for ASCII art you do not want escape char be and tried resolved, so putting “r” before the tripple quotes tells python it is a “raw” format multi-line comment, like:
print(r””” your art here “””)

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