What’s up with Java’s “%n” in printf?

From a quick google:

There is also one specifier that doesn’t correspond to an argument. It is “%n” which outputs a line break. A “\n” can also be used in some cases, but since “%n” always outputs the correct platform-specific line separator, it is portable across platforms whereas”\n” is not.

Please refer https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/data/numberformat.html

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