[Tutor] New Line Problem

[Peter Otten]

Anna Lapre wrote:

> I am having a problem with creating a new line in a return statement for a
> function. It has a mix of a bunch of strings and variables. Everything
> that I want included will print, except for the new lines. I have tried
> "\n" but with no luck. Do you have any recommendations? Thanks.
> 
> http://py3.codeskulptor.org/#user301_SIdBE94Q8yi3qtM.py
> (it's the second function)

"\n" is indeed what you need:

>>> equal = "================"
>>> index = 2
>>> line1 = "helllo"
>>> line2 = "heillo"
>>> print(line1 + "\n" + equal[:index] + "^\n" + line2)
helllo
==^
heillo

Note that you can repeat a string with

>>> "=" * 3
'==='
>>> "ab" * 2
'abab'

which combined with str.format allows the following alternative solutions:

>>> print("{}\n{}^\n{}".format(line1, "=" * index, line2))
helllo
==^
heillo

# requires Python 3.6
>>> print(f"{line1}\n{'='*index}^\n{line2}")
helllo
==^
heillo