Escape Sequence in C Programming | C Programming

Escape Sequences in C Programming:-

An escape sequence always begins with backward slash and is followed by one or more special characters.

 For example:-

a line feed (LF), which is referred to as new line in C can be represented as \n.

• Backslash character constants are special characters used in output functions.
• Although they contain two characters they represent only one character.

Sr.No	Escape Sequence & Description
1	\t Inserts a tab in the text at this point.
2	\b Inserts a backspace in the text at this point.
3	\n Inserts a newline in the text at this point.
4	\r Inserts a carriage return in the text at this point.
5	\f Inserts a form feed in the text at this point.
6	\’ Inserts a single quote character in the text at this point.
7	\” Inserts a double quote character in the text at this point.
8	\\ Inserts a backslash character in the text at this point.

Example

#include

int main() {

   char ch1;

   char ch2;

   char ch3;

   char ch4;

   ch1 = '\t';

   ch2 = '\n';

   printf( "Test for tabspace %c and a newline %c will start here", ch1, ch2);

}

Output

Test for tabspace and a newline

will start here