Lengthy single line strings in Python without going over maximum line length

Question

How can I break a long one liner string in my code and keep the string indented with the rest of the code? PEP 8 doesn't have any example for this case.

Correct ouptut but strangely indented:

if True:
    print "long test long test long test long test long \
test long test long test long test long test long test"

>>> long test long test long test long test long test long test long test long test long test long test

Bad output, but looks better in code:

if True:
    print "long test long test long test long test long \
    test long test long test long test long test long test"

>>> long test long test long test long test long     test long test long test long test long test long test

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Wow, lots of fast answers. Thanks!

Answer 1

Adjacent strings are concatenated at compile time:

if True:
    print ("this is the first line of a very long string"
           " this is the second line")

Output:

this is the first line of a very long string this is the second line

Answer 2

You can use a trailing backslash to join separate strings like this:

if True:
    print "long test long test long test long test long " \
          "test long test long test long test long test long test"

Answer 3

if True:
    print "long test long test long test long test long"\
    "test long test long test long test long test long test"

Answer 4

if True:
   print "long test long test long test "+
   "long test long test long test "+
   "long test long test long test "

And so on.

Answer 5

why isn't anyone recommending triple quotes??

print """ blah blah
          blah .............."""