Working of \N in Python [Duplicate]
I Am Currently Taking a Course in Python. When Talking About Escape Sequences They Told About "\N" Is Used for Printing Strings in New Line. but When It Is...
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I am currently taking a course in python. When talking about escape sequences they told about "\n" is used for printing strings in new line. But when it is used in the following ways why I am getting a different output
>>> st = "Hello\nWorld"
>>> st
'Hello\nWorld'
But if I do
>>> print st
Hello
World
There are two functions that give an object's string representation, repr() and str(). The former is designed to convert the object to as-code string, while the latter gives user-friendly string.
When you input the variable name in the command line, repr() is used, and \n character is shown as \n (as-code). When you use print, str() is used, and \n is shown as a new line (user-friendly).
By the way, str is a bad name for a variable, as it's the same as the built-in.
When you do
st
It is somewhat similar to
"\n"
where you expect the string \n in return, and not a new line.
In both cases, the print function is not called which can actually process what \n really means. That's why print 'Hello\nWorld' gives different output than
>>> 'Hello\nWorld'
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