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Escape Sequence in C
An escape sequence in C language is a sequence of characters that doesn’t represent itself when used inside string literal or character.
It is composed of two or more characters starting with backslash . For example: n represents new line.
List of Escape Sequences in C
Escape Sequence | Meaning |
---|---|
a | Alarm or Beep |
b | Backspace |
f | Form Feed |
n | New Line |
r | Carriage Return |
t | Tab (Horizontal) |
v | Vertical Tab |
\ | Backslash |
‘ | Single Quote |
“ | Double Quote |
? | Question Mark |
nnn | octal number |
xhh | hexadecimal number |