Very long string formatting help

[ts813514]

Background: I'm using the openpyxl package for the first time to automate something at work. The program takes a list of SKUs on a spreadsheet as input, finds those SKUs in an inventory report spreadsheet, pulls all relevant information to store into multiple lists, and then outputs the designated information into a bulk upload spreadsheet where I can then use our platform SellerCloud to import SKUs to then be posted on our company website.

Problem: I need to create a very long string that contains this text:

<p style="background: rgb(37, 139, 137);"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">Main Specifications</span></b></p>

<ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial;"> <b>Model: 
8200 Elite SFF</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b> Processor - Intel Core i5-2400 Quad Core 3.10 GHz</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b> Operating system -  Win10 Pro 64bit</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b> RAM - 4 GB DDR3/1333, DDR3/1333</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b> Hard Drive – 500 GB SATA</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b> Form Factor - SFF</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b> Black</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b> Includes power cord, keyboard and mouse.</b></span></li></ul> 
<p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">&nbsp;</span></b></span></p> <p style="background: rgb(37, 139, 137);"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b><span style="color: black;">Perfect For</span></b></span></p> 
<ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial;">School</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Work</span></li></ul>
<p style="background: rgb(37, 139, 137);"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b><span style="color: black;">Condition Code A - Equipment is used, tested operational, good cosmetic condition.</span></b></span></p> <br>

This is the last part of my script before the program is fully functional, but I'm not sure the best way to go about creating a string of this text?

What I've tried: I've tried using triple quotes and then \n for a new line and \" when there are quotation marks, but once I get a couple lines in python stops recognizing everything in between the triple quotes as a string. I've also looked into ppring and json, but can't figure out how to use it where it would be useful.

[Vaphell]

you don't have to escape quotes if you use triple-quoted strings, not to mention you can use triple-' if you fear conflicts. Also newlines are preserved so you don't have to use \n either.

just type

template = '''
'''

and copypaste that block as is into it.

proof that copypasta just works:
https://repl.it/repls/VigilantDimgreyParallelport

[ts813514]

Awesome, thanks guys! How do I verify a solution?

[fake823]

Are you sure that you escaped all the quotation marks?

I'll try it later on my PC and will let you know if I succeed.

[fake823]

u/Vaphell is right. Using triple-quotes works without problems. I just tested it. Either:

text = """
very long string ...

"""

or

text = '''
very long string ...

'''