Mistake in python documentation related to escape sequences

[anupkaushal97]

There is mistake related to escape sequences in Python documentation
page link: https://docs.python.org/3/reference/lexical_analysis.html#strings

it shows "\newline" with meaning "Backslash and newline ignored" while using this has no effect in code

print('Hello \newline World!')

outputs: Hello
ewline World!

[ronaldoussoren]

The documentation could be clearer here, but what's meant is a literal newline, that is:

s = "foo \
bar"

Here the backslash and the newline after it are ignored.

[ezio-melotti]

Fixed, thanks for the report!

• gh-95994: Clarify escaped newlines. #96066
• [3.11] gh-95994: Clarify escaped newlines. (GH-96066) #96321
• [3.10] gh-95994: Clarify escaped newlines. (GH-96066) #96360