Question

I am trying to use the Python print() function with a multi-line string literal —
I am using a vertical ellipsis to indicate multiple lines, not content, of the string literal.

print("Here is the data table: 
        .
        .
        .                   ")

Why am I getting EOL while scanning string literal error.

Why is this happening?

Answer 1

Use """ or ''' for multiline string literals.

Edit: as pointed out by @lvc in the comments, since you have parens around the string, you can still use the single quotes, you just have to start and end each line with ".