Backslash in Python 3

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I just started to learn python3 2 or 3 days ago so I'm a total noob. I'm learning from a book called How to think like a computer scientist and it uses python2 ann not python3 ... I got stuck when it told me about backslash character... and i can't find anything on the internet ....

print("This is a test /n This is a test")

What the book says is that i should get something like this:

This is a test
This is a test

But what I do get is:

This is a test /n This is a test

Am I doing something wrong?

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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The backslash is the other slash, \:

>>> print('This is a test \n This is a test')
This is a test 
 This is a test

You are using a forward slash, /, instead.

Also see the backslash tag wiki excerpt:

The backslash character \ (not to be confused with slash /)...

edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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answered Aug 12 '14 at 12:11

Martijn Pieters

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 12 '14 at 12:11

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You are using a forward slash / and not a backslash \

print("This is a test \n This is a test")
This is a test 
This is a test

answered Aug 12 '14 at 12:11

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