Reading \r (carriage return) vs \n (newline) from console with getc?

\n is the newline character, while \r is the carriage return. They differ in what uses them. Windows uses \r\n to signify the enter key was pressed, while Linux and Unix use \n to signify that the enter key was pressed.

Thus, I’d always use \n because it’s used by all; and if (x == '\n') is the proper way to test character equality.

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