How does a carriage return (R) work in Java?
How does a carriage return (\r) works in Java. Hi coders today we are going to study a special character carriage return in Java. It is denoted by \r. Special characters are the character sequence that is used to perform a specific task. The main use of this character is to bring the cursor to the starting of the line without changing the line.
What is carriage return?
( carriage return) is what it sounds like if you're familiar with old-fashioned manual typewriters: It moves the "carriage" (the roll the paper is fed through) back to the beginning of the line. On a terminal (or similar), it moves the output point back to the beginning of the line, without moving down a line (usually).