[Haskell-beginners] Showing control characters

Is there some way to include control characters in a Show string so that they take effect when the element is Shown? For example, if I define a String "a\nb" and use putStrLn on it, the \n causes a return, but when I simply return the string from a function, the \n is shown as \n. Is there a way to get the \n to execute when it's embedded in a returned value? Thanks * -- Russ Abbott _____________________________________________* * Professor, Computer Science California State University, Los Angeles Google voice: 424-235-5752 (424-cell-rja) blog: http://russabbott.blogspot.com/ vita: http://sites.google.com/site/russabbott/ _____________________________________________*