Hwo to write newline without escape sequence

Question

I wonder how to write \n, not using \n. What is the 'raw' way to write a new line? Instead of

print("Hello\nWorld")

Output

Hello
World

I want

print("HelloSOMEENCODINGWorld)

Output

Hello
World

Is there a way to use ASCII, Hex, ... within the string?

What’s your end goal? You have an [XY problem](https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/66377/1968). — Konrad Rudolph, Jun 24 '21 at 09:21
@Stophface that edit dose not make the question any more clear. ASCII is an encoding, Hex is a numeral system. Why can't you use `\n`s? — Chillie, Jun 24 '21 at 09:23

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 24 '21 at 09:22

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You can use multi-line strings.

print("""Hello
World""")

But \n is better

answered Jun 24 '21 at 09:22

Some Guy

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 24 '21 at 09:16

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One of the options is print('Hello{}World'.format(chr(10))).

answered Jun 24 '21 at 09:16

Chillie

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 24 '21 at 09:21

One way of doing this might be through os.linesep

import os

print('This is a line with a line break\nin the middle')
print(f'This is a line with a line break {os.linesep}in the middle')

But as stated here:

Note: when writing to files using the Python API, do not use the os.linesep. Just use \n; Python automatically translates that to the proper newline character for your platform.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 24 '21 at 09:30

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You can use bash ANSI Escape Sequences:

print('Line1 \033[1B\033[50000DLine2',)
# \033[1B Gets cursor to the line below
# \033[50000D Gets the cursor 50000 spaces to the left , 50000 is just a random big number

You can refer this for more info on Bash ANSI Escape Sequences

answered Jun 24 '21 at 09:30

Atharva Gundawar

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So if I want to write 50001 characters to one line and then add a line break, this will not work properly. Also, when writing this to a file and opening the file in a text editor, it will give unexpected results. Really, why not just `\n` (more a question to @Stophface, not to @Atharva). – mkrieger1 Jun 24 '21 at 09:44
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So … you’re now using three escape sequences (two Python-level escape sequences, and one terminal-level ANSI escape sequence) instead of one, and the result only works in highly specific circumstances. … I fail to see how this is an improvement. – Konrad Rudolph Jun 24 '21 at 10:03

Hwo to write newline without escape sequence

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