What is the difference between \r and \n?

Question

How are \\r and \\n different? I think it has something to do with Unix vs. Windows vs. Mac, but I\'m not sure exactly how they\'re different, and

Answer 1

\r is Carriage Return; \n is New Line (Line Feed) ... depends on the OS as to what each means. Read this article for more on the difference between '\n' and '\r\n' ... in C.