difference between newLine() and carriage return(“\r”)

Question

What is the difference between newLine() and carriage return (\"\\r\")? Which one is best to use?

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Answer 1

On Windows platforms, the line separator is CRLF (carriage return / line feed), which is "\r\n". On Unix platforms, it's just LF, "\n". Traditionally, on Apple platforms it has been just CR, "\r".