Please help me with "\n" meaning symbol

Question

am taking MOOC course . I am at part 6 "Objects on a list and a list as part of an object". I have the following syntax:

public String toString() {

String onTheRide = "";
for (Person person: riding) {
onTheRide = onTheRide + person.getName() + "\n";
}

return "riding:\n" + onTheRide;
}
Question:

How does \n is actually working on the each for loop?

Why the names return by the getName() method are placed one bellow the other and not in a String line?

Answer 1

String onTheRide = "";
for (Person person: riding) {
onTheRide = onTheRide + person.getName() + "\n";
}
the name is going to be appended into the onTheRide string variable with an new line at the end of each name.
e.g
Smith
Jack
Tom

Answer 2

\n means a line break

This means insert a newline in the text at this point.

example :

System.out.println(​"hello\nworld"​);

Output:

hello
world

Answer 3

i understand it, but how does it work in the for each loop?