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Python Comparison Solution

Posted by Catherine Paris
Catherine Paris
1,505 Points

What does the \n mean?

print("Hey {}!\nThe number {}...".format(name, number)) I'm confused as to what the \n is for and what it means. Can someone explain??

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points

The "\n" is what's known as an *escape sequence", and this one represents "newline". That causes the text to the right of it to appear on the next line down from the text to the left of it.

Catherine Paris
Catherine Paris
1,505 Points
Catherine Paris
Catherine Paris
1,505 Points

Thank you. Totally understand