Can python doctest ignore some output lines?

Question

I\'d like to write a doctest like this:

\"\"\"
>>> print a.string()
          foo : a
          bar : b
         date : 

        

Answer 1

Ignoring the whole line is bit tricky though. Here:

"""
>>> do_your_thing() #doctest:+ELLIPSIS
...
"""

The triple dot will be interpreted as line continuation, and cause a syntax error.

If you want to ignore the whole line, you'll need something like:

"""
>>> sys.stdout.write('skip from here '); do_your_thing() #doctest:+ELLIPSIS
skip from here ...
"""