Re: [Orgmode] OT: Python help

[Carsten Dominik]

On Jul 20, 2010, at 1:20 PM, Puneeth wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Carsten Dominik <address@hidden>  
> wrote:
> > On Jul 20, 2010, at 1:03 PM, Giovanni Ridolfi wrote:
> >
> > > Carsten Dominik <address@hidden> writes:
> > >
> > >
> > > > a python question:  How do I prefix every line in a multiline  
> > > > string
> > > > with a string.  For example, I would like to add "> " before all  
> > > > lines
> > > > in a string....
> > >
> > > how about replacing "\n" with "\n > " ?
> >
> > Please show me the full line of code, I am currently editing a  
> > python script
> > without any knowledge of python...
>
> my_string = "Hello\nWorld"
> my_new_string = my_string.replace("\n", "\n> ")

Thanks, that does work.

- Carsten