Blank lines using DBMS_OUTPUT package

Hi Friends,
how can i put blank lines between two PUT_LINE procedures. I was trying to write
the NEW_LINE procedure but it is not working.......
code is as follow
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(' Hello');
DBMS_OUTPUT.NEW_LINE();
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(' How r u ? ');
output is as follow:-
Hello
How r u? // there is no blank space between two lines
But i want output as follow
Hello
// here i want a blank line
How r u?
Thanks

U can put like this
DBMS_OUTPUT.NEW_LINE(' ');
Did you test it..?
SQL> exec DBMS_OUTPUT.NEW_LINE(' ');
BEGIN DBMS_OUTPUT.NEW_LINE(' '); END;
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-06550: line 1, column 7:
PLS-00306: wrong number or types of arguments in call to 'NEW_LINE'
ORA-06550: line 1, column 7:
PL/SQL: Statement ignored

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