<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>2.1.6 Blank lines </title> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="2.1.6 Blank lines "> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="ref"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset="> <link rel="STYLESHEET" href="ref.css"> <link rel="first" href="ref.html"> <link rel="contents" href="contents.html" title="Contents"> <link rel="index" href="genindex.html" title="Index"> <LINK REL="next" href="indentation.html"> <LINK REL="previous" href="implicit-joining.html"> <LINK REL="up" href="line-structure.html"> <LINK REL="next" href="indentation.html"> </head> <body> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td><A href="implicit-joining.html"><img src="../icons/previous.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Previous Page" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="line-structure.html"><img src="../icons/up.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Up One Level" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="indentation.html"><img src="../icons/next.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Next Page" width="32"></A></td> <td align="center" width="100%">Python Reference Manual</td> <td><A href="contents.html"><img src="../icons/contents.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Contents" width="32"></A></td> <td><img src="../icons/blank.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="" width="32"></td> <td><A href="genindex.html"><img src="../icons/index.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Index" width="32"></A></td> </tr></table> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" href="implicit-joining.html">2.1.5 Implicit line joining</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" href="line-structure.html">2.1 Line structure</A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" href="indentation.html">2.1.7 Indentation</A> <br><hr> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H2><A NAME="SECTION004160000000000000000"> </A> <BR> 2.1.6 Blank lines <a name="l2h-7"> </a> </H2> <P> A logical line that contains only spaces, tabs, formfeeds and possibly a comment, is ignored (i.e., no NEWLINE token is generated). During interactive input of statements, handling of a blank line may differ depending on the implementation of the read-eval-print loop. In the standard implementation, an entirely blank logical line (i.e. one containing not even whitespace or a comment) terminates a multi-line statement. <P> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <p><hr> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td><A href="implicit-joining.html"><img src="../icons/previous.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Previous Page" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="line-structure.html"><img src="../icons/up.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Up One Level" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="indentation.html"><img src="../icons/next.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Next Page" width="32"></A></td> <td align="center" width="100%">Python Reference Manual</td> <td><A href="contents.html"><img src="../icons/contents.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Contents" width="32"></A></td> <td><img src="../icons/blank.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="" width="32"></td> <td><A href="genindex.html"><img src="../icons/index.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Index" width="32"></A></td> </tr></table> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" href="implicit-joining.html">2.1.5 Implicit line joining</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" href="line-structure.html">2.1 Line structure</A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" href="indentation.html">2.1.7 Indentation</A> <hr> <span class="release-info">Release 2.2, documentation updated on December 21, 2001.</span> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <ADDRESS> See <i><a href="about.html">About this document...</a></i> for information on suggesting changes. </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>
