How to Print a Newline in Python

John on February 09, 2022

In this tutorial, we will look at how to print newlines in Python and change the character that is at the end of a line.

Python Newline Statement Example

To print a new line in Python use \n (backslash n) keyword. When the code is rendered \n will become a newline. Here is an example of printing a string with a newline inside it:

print('hello \n world')

hello
 world

A thing to watch out for is Python will not automatically remove the leading whitespace on the newline. You can use \n without a space after and it will work:

print('hello \nworld')

hello
world

Newlines in Python f-strings

Newlines work in the same way with Python f-strings. Add \n wherever you need it to be:

print(f'{foo} \n {bar}')

Create Two Line Breaks in Python

To create more than one newline use multiple \n next to each other like this:

print('hello \n\nworld')

hello

world

Print without a Newline in Python

The default behaviour of the Python print() statement is to put a newline (\n) at the end of a line. To print without newlines add the end= argument and set it to an empty string like this:

print('hello ', end='')
print('world')

hello world

Change the Newline Character in Python

You can change what is put at the end of each line by the Python print() statement using the end= argument. In the example below a space will be used instead of \n:

print('hello', end=' ')
print('world')

hello world