Printing Output in Multiple Lines in C++

This article focuses on discussing how to use cout for multi-line printing. This can be easily done using any of these two methods:

• Using endl.
• Using \n.

Let’s discuss each of these methods in detail.

Using endl

The endl statement can be used to print the multi-line string in a single cout statement. Below is the C++ program to show the same:

C++

// C++ program to show endl statement
// can be used to print the multi-line
// string in a single cout statement
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

// Driver code
int main()
{
    cout <<" GeeksforGeeks is best"
           " platform to learn " << endl << " It is used by"
           " students to gain knowledge" <<
           endl << " It is really helpful";
    return 0;
}

Output

 GeeksforGeeks is best platform to learn 
 It is used by students to gain knowledge
 It is really helpful

Using ‘\n’

‘\n’ can be used instead of endl to print multi-line strings. Below is the C++ program to implement the above approach:

C++

// C++ program to show '\n' can be
// used instead of endl to print
// multi-line strings
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

// Driver code
int main()
{
    cout << " GeeksforGeeks is best"
            " platform to learn \n It"
            " is used by students to"
            " gain knowledge \n It is"
            " really helpful";
    return 0;
}
 //Main key points here are :

//You can write as many statements as you want in a single line,
//but I recommend you to write one statement per line to keep the code neat and clean.
//Anything which is written between double quotation " " is a string literal.

Output

 GeeksforGeeks is best platform to learn 
 It is used by students to gain knowledge 
 It is really helpful