The ... prompt appears in the Python interpreter when you are continuing a multi-line statement. This typically occurs in situations such as:
- When you open a parenthesis, bracket, or brace and do not close it on the same line.
- When you are defining a function or a class and have not completed the definition.
- When you are using a continuation character (like a backslash
\) to split a statement across multiple lines.
For example:
>>> def my_function():
... print("Hello, World!")
...In this case, the ... indicates that you are still inside the function definition.
