How are escape sequences contributing to the length of a string?

Question

a=("
Hello")
print(len(a))

The intended output is a new line with 5 printed but instead there is no new line and the length is coming out to be 6.

user_12370687 · Answer

There is a new line printed, plus the 5 characters in 'Hello', that's 6 in total:

a = "
Hello"
print(a)
print("Total length is", len(a))

Output


Hello
Total length is 6