freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/07-scientific-computing-with-python/python-for-everybody/reading-files.md

---
id: 5e7b9f080b6c005b0e76f062
title: Reading Files
challengeType: 11
videoId: Fo1tW09KIwo
dashedName: reading-files
---

# --question--

## --text--

What is used to indicate a new line in a string?

## --answers--

\\n

---

{new_line}

---

{n}

---

/n

---

/new

## --video-solution--

1
feat(learn): add python video challenges (#38424) 2020-04-06 14:49:56 -04:00			`---`
			`id: 5e7b9f080b6c005b0e76f062`
fix: rename titles for better UX 2020-04-21 23:37:02 -05:00			`title: Reading Files`
feat(learn): add python video challenges (#38424) 2020-04-06 14:49:56 -04:00			`challengeType: 11`
			`videoId: Fo1tW09KIwo`
feat(curriculum): restore seed + solution to Chinese (#40683) * feat(tools): add seed/solution restore script * chore(curriculum): remove empty sections' markers * chore(curriculum): add seed + solution to Chinese * chore: remove old formatter * fix: update getChallenges parse translated challenges separately, without reference to the source * chore(curriculum): add dashedName to English * chore(curriculum): add dashedName to Chinese * refactor: remove unused challenge property 'name' * fix: relax dashedName requirement * fix: stray tag Remove stray `pre` tag from challenge file. Signed-off-by: nhcarrigan <nhcarrigan@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: nhcarrigan <nhcarrigan@gmail.com> 2021-01-13 03:31:00 +01:00			`dashedName: reading-files`
feat(learn): add python video challenges (#38424) 2020-04-06 14:49:56 -04:00			`---`

Feat: add new Markdown parser (#39800) and change all the challenges to new `md` format. 2020-11-27 19:02:05 +01:00			`# --question--`

			`## --text--`

			`What is used to indicate a new line in a string?`

			`## --answers--`

			`\\n`

			`---`

			`{new_line}`

			`---`

			`{n}`

			`---`

			`/n`

			`---`

			`/new`

			`## --video-solution--`

			`1`