Escape characters for C + +

The following escape characters make common characters different meanings.

Escape Character Description

\ ' Single quotes

\ "Double Quotes

\ reverse Slash

Null characters

\a Bell

\b, back up.

\f Walking paper

\ n Line Change

\ r Carriage Return

\ t Horizontal tab

\v Vertical Tab

\XNNN represents hexadecimal number (NNN)

The following is a code example that uses an escape character:

printf ("This\nis\na\ntest\n\nshe said, \" How are you?\ "\ n");

Output:

This

Is

A

Test

She said, "How are you?"