How does v differ from x0b or x0c?
Question:
Typing string.whitespace
gives you a string containing all whitespace characters defined by Python’s string
module:
'tnx0bx0cr '
Both x0b
and x0c
seem to give a vertical tab.
>>> print 'firstx0bsecond'
first
second
v
gives the same effect. How are these three different? Why does the string
module use x0b
or x0c
over the simpler v
?
Answers:
v
is x0b
:
>>> 'v'
'x0b'
but the string literal representation in Python is using the x0b
notation instead.
The Python string literal representation only ever uses n
, r
and t
, everything else that is not a printable ASCII character is represented using the xhh
notation instead.
x0c
is a form feed; it forces a printer to move to the next sheet of paper. You can also express it as f
in Python:
>>> 'f'
'x0c'
In terminals the effects of v
and f
are often the same.
Typing string.whitespace
gives you a string containing all whitespace characters defined by Python’s string
module:
'tnx0bx0cr '
Both x0b
and x0c
seem to give a vertical tab.
>>> print 'firstx0bsecond'
first
second
v
gives the same effect. How are these three different? Why does the string
module use x0b
or x0c
over the simpler v
?
v
is x0b
:
>>> 'v'
'x0b'
but the string literal representation in Python is using the x0b
notation instead.
The Python string literal representation only ever uses n
, r
and t
, everything else that is not a printable ASCII character is represented using the xhh
notation instead.
x0c
is a form feed; it forces a printer to move to the next sheet of paper. You can also express it as f
in Python:
>>> 'f'
'x0c'
In terminals the effects of v
and f
are often the same.