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On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Carsten Dominik <dominik@uva.nl> wrote:
>
> On Jul 20, 2010, at 1:03 PM, Giovanni Ridolfi wrote:
>
>> Carsten Dominik <dominik@uva.nl> writes:
>>
>>
>>> a python question: =C2=A0How do I prefix every line in a multiline stri=
ng
>>> with a string. =C2=A0For example, I would like to add "> " before all l=
ines
>>> in a string....
>>
>> how about replacing "\n" with "\n > " ?
>
> Please show me the full line of code, I am currently editing a python scr=
ipt
> without any knowledge of python...

my_string =3D "Hello\nWorld"
my_new_string =3D my_string.replace("\n", "\n> ")

HTH,
Puneeth