Accept newline character in python

Question

I want to accept new line input in python.

I am trying

s = input('''Enter the paragraph :''')

But when i input paragraph.. on the very first ENTER it stops taking further input lines.

So how to accept newline character as input in Python

and then how to print the paragraph as it is on the screen.?

possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2542171/python-3-receive-user-input-including-newline-characters — Dave Chen, Jun 12 '13 at 05:54

Careal Manic · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-12T06:13:17.247

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EDIT: This answer assumes that you are using Python 3. If you are using Python 2.x, use the one provided by Anthon.

Do something like this:

text = ''
while True: # change this condition.
    text += input('''Enter the paragraph :''')+'\n' #UPDATED. Appended a \n character.

For example, you want to end the input sequence by an extra newline character, then the code would be:

text = ''
while True:
    dummy = input('''Enter the paragraph :''')+'\n'
    if dummy=='\n':
        break
    text += dummy

edited Jun 12 '13 at 06:13

answered Jun 12 '13 at 05:55

Careal Manic

what condition should i impose in while..? – codeofnode Jun 12 '13 at 06:00
It depends how do you want to end the input. I am going to update the answer. – Careal Manic Jun 12 '13 at 06:00
Have a boolean that becomes false when you enter type a certain terminating string. – SethMMorton Jun 12 '13 at 06:02
I assume that OP uses Python 3. I've updated my answer to show my assumption. – Careal Manic Jun 12 '13 at 06:14

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:28

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i have done the below :

import sys


text = sys.stdin.read()
print(text)

and this make my task.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:28

Community

answered Jun 12 '13 at 06:11

codeofnode

When the user enters a multi-line input, how can they stop entering new characters to return control to the program? – mostafa.elhoushi Jul 25 '23 at 14:55

2 Answers2