working with html on python code

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so in PHP it's possible to have an entire section of php source be filled with direct raw html:

    <?php
    function doThis(){
    ?>

    <html>
    <a>LOOL</a>
    </html>


    <?php
    }

    doThis();

    ?>

and calling doThis() will print out all the html code between the curly braces...is there a similar functionality in Python? or do I have to virtually print all the HTML individually using the print command? python's indentation seems to make it really inconvenient to write HTML on python code

g.d.d.c · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-09 16:04:24Z

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I'm not certain I fully understand your question, but if you need to have long blocks of arbitrary text in Python the best way I've found is like so:

myHTML = """
<html>
<head>
<title>I am an HTML Page<title>
<head>
<body>
<div>Some content here.</div>
</body>
</html>
"""

The key is the triple Quotes. It allows you to put any other content between them, including line breaks, spacing, etc.

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Zach Kelling · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-09 16:03:55Z

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Python is not a pseudo-template language like PHP, if you want to generate HTML use a template engine like Jinja2.

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nmichaels · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-09 16:03:33Z

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First, multiline strings:

"""\
<html>
<a>LOOL</a>
</html>"""

Second, if you're writing something significant, you should use a web framework and a template language for the page layout and static content.

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Kabie · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-09 16:04:18Z

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Use some template languages like jinja or mako

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inspectorG4dget · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-09 16:03:27Z

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Well, you could put the code into a file and make python print out the file.

OR

use string suppression to escape everything:

def printHTML():
    HTML = """ all this
is 
considered to be
    ONE
        GIANT
            STRING
"""
    print HTML

Hope this helps

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