What is whitespace

Whitespace is any string of text composed only of spaces, tabs, or line breaks (CRLF).

e.g. white-space is used to handle what \n would do when displayed.

/* Keyword values */
white-space: normal;
white-space: nowrap;
white-space: pre;
white-space: pre-wrap;
white-space: pre-line;
white-space: break-spaces;

/* Global values */
white-space: inherit;
white-space: initial;
white-space: unset;

CRLF

CRLF stands for carriage returns or line feeds.

Line Break = indication for end of line.

• aka newline character or end-of-line character.

Carriage return = moves the cursor to the beginning of the line.

Line feed = moves to the beginning of the next line.

CR LF = together, they create a new line in the text data stream.

# CR = move cursor to beginning of line
\r
0x0D # hexadecimal

# LF = move cursor to next line
\n
0x0A # hexadecimal

# CR LF = move cursor to beginning of next line
\r\n
0x0D0A # hexadecimal