Printf example in bash does not create a newline

Question

Working with printf in a bash script, adding no spaces after \"\\n\" does not create a newline, whereas adding a space creates a newline, e. g.:

Answer 1

It looks like BASH is removing trailing newlines. e.g.

NewLine=`printf " \n\n\n"`
echo -e "Firstline${NewLine}Lastline"
Firstline Lastline

NewLine=`printf " \n\n\n "`
echo -e "Firstline${NewLine}Lastline"
Firstline


 Lastline