String concat across multiple source code lines

[Jake Speed]

mksql at my-deja.com (Matt) wrote in <8m9v98$btc$1 at nnrp1.deja.com>:

>Is there a better way to do the following?:
>
>sql = "SELECT * FROM TABLE"
>sql = sql + "WHERE TABLE.COL = VAR"
>sql = sql + "GROUP BY COL2"
>
>I would prefer a 'cleaner' way of concatinating a single string across
>multiple program code lines. When using a triple quote, any indentation
>in the code gets included.

Warning:  without extra spaces, you're going to get 
"SELECT * FROM TABLEWHERE ..."

Anyway, like C, Python concatenates adjacent string constants.

sql = "SELECT * FROM TABLE" \
      " WHERE TABLE.COL = VAR" \
      " GROUP BY COL2"

or:

sql = ( "SELECT * FROM TABLE" 
        " WHERE TABLE.COL = VAR" 
        " GROUP BY COL2" )


-Speed!