Back Slash (Escape Sequence) Characters
Escape sequences are used only in output functions such as printf. An
escape sequence always starts with ‘\’ (forward slash) followed by a
single character. By using escape sequence character we can change the meaning
of the output.
‘C’ language provides the following escape sequence
characters:
Code
Meaning
\b Backspace
\f Form feed
\n New line
\r Carriage return
\t Horizontal tab
\"
Double quote
\' Single quote
\ \
Backslash
\v Vertical tab
\a Alert
\? Question mark
\N Octal constant (N is an octal
constant)
\xN Hexadecimal
constant (N is a hexadecimal constant
