Newline

Quick meaning: Newline is a noun meaning (computing) 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.

Meaning

(computing) 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.

Example Sentences

Microsoft Windows uses CRLF to represent a newline.

The ugly part is the quote marks on two adjacent lines that mean a newline character.

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

It contains only a single statement, which outputs a newline character. (That's what happens when you use a print command without any arguments.)

Word Forms

• newlines

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include leap, skip, delimiter, escape, terminator, return.

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