new in python xthe print statement has been changed to function and now requires parentheses in additionkeyword arguments have been added to the function for changing the default behavior multiple arguments can be supplied to the print(function in that caseeach argument is printed one after the other separated by single blank spaceprint"your average is"avg which produces as outputyour average is the default behavior of the print(function produces line feed after the last argument is printed this can be suppressed by including the keyword argument end to the argument list for examplethe following code segmentprint"your average is"end printavg produces as outputyour average is because the first call to the print(function does not produce line feed after the string is printed since it was suppressed by including the keyword argument end '\nthe default value for the argument is end '\ 'which produces line feed after the last argument escape sequences escape sequences are used in python to represent or encode special characters such as newlinestabsand even the quote characters an escape sequence is two-character sequence consisting of backslash (\followed by letter or symbol consider the following exampleprint"start newline here \nusing the \\ character which producesstart newline here using the \ character the common escape sequences are shown here\\backslash (\single quote ('\ \ newline horizontal tab \double quote ("