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Python: Multi-line strings

Imagine that we need to define a string that consists of several lines - that is, there are string translations \n inside. For example, it would look like this:

text = 'Example of a text,\nconsisting of\nfew lines'

The line will look very different in print:

Example text,
consisting of
several lines

For such situations Python has another way of creating strings called multi-line strings. To describe such a «multi-line string», you need to put it in triple quotes — """ or '''. Inside the multi-line you can transfer the text and not use a line break \n:

text = '''  Example text,
consisting of
several lines
'''
Example text,
consisting of
several lines

Notice that there is a blank line at the end of the text. It appears in the text because we put closing quotes ''' on a new line. If you don't move the closing quotation marks to a new line, there will be no empty line in the text:

text = '''  Example text,
consisting of
several lines'''
Example text,
consisting of
several lines

Because of the triple quotes, multi-line strings allow you not to escape quotes within a string:

There is no need to escape the 'single' and 'double' quotes

Even multi-line strings can become f-string for interpolation:

a = 'A'
b = 'B'

# On the left was added f
text = f'''{a} и {b}
sitting on a pipe
'''
А and B
sitting on a pipe

The computer doesn't care what kind of linking and line feeds you use. It will still do the calculations and give you the result you want. Interpolation and multi-line strings are used to make it easier for developers to read code.

Instructions

Write the text below into the text variable. Use triple quotes.

Lannister, Targaryen, Baratheon, Stark, Tyrell...
they're all just spokes on a wheel.
This one's on top, then that one's on top, and on and on it spins,
crushing those on the ground.