I am trying to add a new line to a list when I print it but I can't make it work

Question

I had been trying to do it like when I add a new line to a normal statement but it doesn't work if I do it like that.

cars = ["audi", "bmw", "toyota"]
print(\ncars)

It shows this error:

SyntaxError: unexpected character after line continuation character

How does one add a new line to a printed list? Btw I am a beginner to python and programming in general.

`print(cars)` should do, and it automatically adds a newline. Also look at the documentation of [print()](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#print) — Devesh Kumar Singh, Dec 28 '19 at 16:05
print("\n".join(cars)) This was answered already here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6167731/printing-list-elements-on-separated-lines-in-python — Atenean1, Dec 28 '19 at 16:17
It's not clear what you want to achieve. Are you trying to print each element of the list on a single line? — Riccardo Bucco, Dec 28 '19 at 16:34
Riccardo Bucco No. I just wanted there to be a new line before the printed list. — Jaber Haisan, Dec 28 '19 at 16:49

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 28 '19 at 16:13

5

try this:

print("\n",cars)

write backslash n, instead of slash n

answered Dec 28 '19 at 16:13

Negar37

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 28 '19 at 16:19

0

print("\n".join(cars))

This was answered already here:

answered Dec 28 '19 at 16:19

Atenean1

Akshath Mahajan · Answer 3 · 2019-12-28T16:14:13.830

-2

Try

print("\n"+cars)

That's the correct way to do it. You need to write backslash n, not forward slash n

edited Dec 28 '19 at 16:14

answered Dec 28 '19 at 16:06

Akshath Mahajan

It shouldn't, show me your code. Also, just simply printing should also do the trick – Akshath Mahajan Dec 28 '19 at 16:09
@CoderCharmander I would love to but I'm on my mobile and I don't use stack on here often, so could you tell me how to accept your edit? – Akshath Mahajan Dec 28 '19 at 16:11
I don't know. (I am also on mobile) – CoderCharmander Dec 28 '19 at 16:12
@snakecharmerb sorry, missed my quotations – Akshath Mahajan Dec 28 '19 at 16:14
@CoderCharmander I found where I messed up, my bad. As I said, I'm on mobile so I didn't check my code beforehand... Cockiness is problematic, isn't it – Akshath Mahajan Dec 28 '19 at 16:16

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