How does Python's triple-quote string work?

Question

How should this function be changed to return \"123456\"?

def f():
    s = \"\"\"123
    456\"\"\"
    return s

UPDATE: Everyo

Answer 1

textwrap.dedent("""\
                123
                456""")

From the standard library. First "\" is necessary because this function works by removing the common leading whitespace.