[web2py] why is my "\n" not working

[Paul Rykiel]

greetings,
 
I have a string that I have defined
 
string = "line 1" + "\n"
string += "line 2" + "\n"
 
shouldn't my string print as follows:
 
line 1
line 2
 
it does not
what do I seem to be doing incorrectly?
 
 

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