Using Formatted Strings in Jython

Hi !
Who has experience with Jython inside ODI with the shipped Jython version 2.1 ?
I tried to use a formatted String which means:
a="""bfdlhfjds
fjdklajfkd
jfkdlajfk"""
this returns back the following error-message:
Traceback (innermost last):
(no code object) at line 0
File "<console>", line 2
SyntaxError: Lexical error at line 2, column 0. Encountered: <EOF> after : ""
i tried it within a standalone installed Jython-Version "2.2.1" on my client and there it works fine.
Although it is well documented in the Jythondoc(2.1) my odi 10.1.3.4 - jythoy version 2.1 seems not to has this implemented.
Nevertheless i need it by all means because: if i use Jython to generate a SQL-STMT and use e.g. the <%=odiRef.getFilter()%> -Function in which a CR/LF always can happen, the substitution of ODI substitutes it with multiple lines and the jython-interpreter cannot interpret and gives of course back an error. It's a real nogo !
thanks in advance
br harald

You can't use it at command line...
But inside a file it's work...
Inside a KM it 's work. have a look in the LKM SQL to SQL (Jython)
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Ok.. Looks like I touched a nerve there. I apologize. I'm still a student, and this is the first time that I've tried something at this level. I'm still in the learning process, so I was hoping that someone could point me in the right direction in order to "fix" the data.Not so much touching a nerve as simply trying to implement a very very poor, but all too common, practice. Since you are a student (which we didn't know until this post) most people will cut you some slack. However, this little exchange should now be burned into your brain as you move forward. One of the very first rules of programming is to ALWAYS use the correct data types for your data. And along with that, never ever depend on implicit type conversions - always use the proper explicit conversion functions.
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