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Catherine Paris
1,505 PointsWhat 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
229,732 PointsThe "\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
1,505 PointsThank you. Totally understand