Escape Sequence in C

 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.

An escape sequence is a sequence of characters that does not represent itself when used inside a character or string literal, but is translated into another character or a sequence of characters that may be difficult or impossible to represent directly.

List of Escape Sequences in C

Escape Sequence	Meaning
\a	Alarm or Beep
\b	Backspace
\f	Form Feed
\xhh	hexadecimal number
\nnn	octal number
\?	Question Mark
\"	Double Quote
\'	Single Quote
\n	New Line
\r	Carriage Return
\v	Vertical Tab
\t	Tab (Horizontal)

 

Escape Sequence Example:

#include<stdio.h>    

int main(){    

     int num=50;  

    printf("You\are\nlearning\n Escape sequences \n\in \'c\'Programming"\"");     

return 0;  

}