The Difference Between Environment.Newline and

This short guide will teach the difference between Environment.Newline and \n in C#.

the Difference Between Environment.Newline and \n in C#

The Environment.NewLine property returns the newline string but depends on the Operating System. The Environment.NewLine property and the escape characters (\n,\r\n) have the same function.

1. \n - The newline function in UNIX OS.
2. \r\n - The newline function in Windows OS.

Code Snippet - UNIX Platform:

public static String NewLineFunction {
#get {
#Contract.Ensures(Contract.Result() != null);
#if UNIX_Platform
  return "\n";
#else
  return "\r\n";
#endif  // !PLATFORM_UNIX
}
}

The main point of Environment.NewLine is to return the newline character for the platform. For implementations of the .NET framework in Linux or Unix, it would just return \n.