# How to force \\n in RDoc?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-force-n-in-rdoc/162022>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 4, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-force-n-in-rdoc/162022 "2009-03-04T23:41:18Z")\
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Hi, I don’t find how to force a simple \n in RDoc. For example:

# This methods does blablabla…

# And this is a new line.

Unfortunatelly RDoc displays both lines in an unique line.

I could get it by doing:

# This methods does blablabla…

# 

# And this is a new line.

but then RDoc adds an extra line (empty) and I don’t want it.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![ISSSSaki\_Baz\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@ISSSSaki\_Baz\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ISSSSaki_Baz_C)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 2:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-force-n-in-rdoc/162022/2 "2009-03-05T02:56:08Z")

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On Mar 4, 2009, at 14:39 , Iñaki Baz C. wrote:

> Hi, I don’t find how to force a simple \n in RDoc. For example:
> 
> # This methods does blablabla…
> 
> # And this is a new line.
> 
> Unfortunatelly RDoc displays both lines in an unique line.

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**Author:** ![ISSSSaki\_Baz\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@ISSSSaki\_Baz\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ISSSSaki_Baz_C)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 2:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-force-n-in-rdoc/162022/3 "2009-03-05T02:58:29Z")

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On Mar 4, 2009, at 14:39 , Iñaki Baz C. wrote:

> # This methods does blablabla…
> 
> # And this is a new line.
> 
> Unfortunatelly RDoc displays both lines in an unique line.

or are you trying to show a code sample?

otherwise, I really can’t see why you care about adding newlines.  
Prose is prose.

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**Author:** ![ISSSSaki\_Baz\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@ISSSSaki\_Baz\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ISSSSaki_Baz_C)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 10:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-force-n-in-rdoc/162022/4 "2009-03-05T22:23:54Z")

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El Jueves, 5 de Marzo de 2009, Ryan D.  
escribió:\> On Mar 4, 2009, at 14:39 , Iñaki Baz C. wrote:

> > Hi, I don’t find how to force a simple \n in RDoc. For example:
> > 
> > # This methods does blablabla…
> > 
> > # And this is a new line.
> > 
> > Unfortunatelly RDoc displays both lines in an unique line.

Thanks 🙂