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    Putchar

    what is a putchar ('\n') what does it do in the program

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    It creates a new line. Same as 'return' on your keyboard.

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    Is it the same with printf?>

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    Yes. Often one writes out a string followed by '\n' such as printf("Hello world.\n"); but one can clearly output just the '\n' by itself.

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