newline

Examples of newline in a sentence

• The calculator program starts off by printing the string "0\n", that is, it prints a zero and then moves to a newline.1987, T. D. Brown, C for Basic Programmers, page 13:
• Unlike in C, you don't have to loop through the output and watch every character to make sure it's a newline; Perl will keep track of that for you.2002, Laura Lemay, Rafe Colburn, Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 21 Days, page 69:
• It contains only a single statement, which outputs a newline character. (That's what happens when you use a print command without any arguments.)2002, Allen B. Downey, Jeffrey Elkner, Chris Meyers, How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python:
• The original Unix regex tools worked on a line-by-line basis, so the thought of matching a newline wasn't an issue until the advent of sed and lex.2006, Jeffrey E.F. Friedl, Mastering Regular Expressions, page 111:

Forms of newline

Origin of newline

From new + line, Coined by Bell Laboratories during development of the C programming language and the UNIX operating system.

Related words

• control character
• control code
• escape character
• escape sequence

Questions about newline

What does newline mean?

Newline means the character or character sequence that indicates the end of a line of text and transition to the next line; or, a control code or escape sequence used in a programming language to denote this character.

How do you use newline in a sentence?

The calculator program starts off by printing the string "0\n", that is, it prints a zero and then moves to a newline.

What part of speech is newline?

Newline is a noun.

What is the plural of newline?

The plural of newline is newlines.