CODEWITHSUNDEEP
python
EDW
EDW

Reputation: 35

Write newline character explicitly in a file

I am new in Python. I have the following problem: I have a string with newline character and I want to write this string with newline character to a file. I want the new line character to be explicitly visible in the file. How can I do that please? This is my current code:

 text = "where are you going?\nI am going to the Market?"
    with open("output.txt",'w', encoding="utf-8") as output:
        output.write(text)

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1544

Answers (2)

prithajnath
prithajnath

Reputation: 2115

Just replace the newline character with an escaped new line character

text = "where are you going?\nI am going to the Market?"
with open("output.txt",'w', encoding="utf-8") as output:
    output.write(text.replace('\n','\\n'))

Upvotes: 2

KrazyMax
KrazyMax

Reputation: 959

If you want the new line character to remain visible in your file without having actually a new line, just add a \ before the new line character:

text = "where are you going?\\nI am going to the market?"

print(text)
>>> where are you going?\nI am going to the market?

Upvotes: 0

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