Python - Join with newline

Question

In the Python console, when I type:

>>> \"\\n\".join([\'I\', \'would\', \'expect\', \'multiple\', \'lines\'])

Gives:

Answer 1

The console is printing the representation, not the string itself.

If you prefix with print, you'll get what you expect.

See this question for details about the difference between a string and the string's representation. Super-simplified, the representation is what you'd type in source code to get that string.