doctest Hassles!

[Andrew Dalke]

Douglas Garstang:
> when I print the value of ls, I get:
>
>'
>    example.py
>    example.pyc
>    tester.py
>
>'
>
>Notice the blank line at the end. Where did that come from?

The print statement adds its own newline to the end.  Instead,
try it without the print.

    >>> import os
    >>> ls=os.popen("/bin/ls","r").read()
    >>> ls
    example.py
    example.pyc
    tester.py
    >>>

I've also found it useful to end the doctest with an empty '>>>'.

                    Andrew
                    dalke at dalkescientific.com