Added support for multiline test strings in runTests

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/pyparsing.py b/src/pyparsing.py
index 70fe4eb..5517d02 100644
--- a/src/pyparsing.py
+++ b/src/pyparsing.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ The pyparsing module handles some of the problems that are typically vexing when
 """

 

 __version__ = "2.1.10"

-__versionTime__ = "11 Sep 2016 01:15 UTC"

+__versionTime__ = "11 Sep 2016 16:20 UTC"

 __author__ = "Paul McGuire <ptmcg@users.sourceforge.net>"

 

 import string

@@ -2267,6 +2267,13 @@ class ParserElement(object):
             FAIL: Expected end of text (at char 4), (line:1, col:5)

 

             Success

+

+        Each test string must be on a single line. If you want to test a string that spans multiple

+        lines, create a test like this::

+

+            expr.runTest(r"this is a test\n of strings that spans \n 3 lines")

+        

+        (Note that this is a raw string literal, you must include the leading 'r'.)

         """

         if isinstance(tests, basestring):

             tests = list(map(str.strip, tests.rstrip().splitlines()))

@@ -2284,6 +2291,7 @@ class ParserElement(object):
             out = ['\n'.join(comments), t]

             comments = []

             try:

+                t = t.replace(r'\n','\n')

                 result = self.parseString(t, parseAll=parseAll)

                 out.append(result.dump(full=fullDump))

                 success = success and not failureTests