JavaScript Special Characters _ Basics

You can use backslashes in JavaScript to add special characters to a text string.

inserting special characters

The backslash is used to insert ellipses, line breaks, quotes, and other special characters in a text string.

Take a look at the following JavaScript code:

"Vikings"From the north. "
document.write (TXT)

In JavaScript, strings start or end with either single or double quotes. This means that the above string will be truncated to: We are the so-called.

To solve this problem, you must precede the quotation mark in "Viking" with a backslash (\). This converts each double quote to a literal string.

\"Vikings\"From the north. "
document.write (TXT)

Now JavaScript can output the correct text string: We are the so-called "Vikings" from the north.

This is another example:

\&Me are singing! ")

The above example produces the following output:

You & Me are singing!

The following table lists the remaining special characters that can be added to a text string using a backslash:

Code	Output
\'	Single quotation mark
\"	Double quotes
\&	and number
\\	Back slash
\ n	Line feed
\ r	return character
\ t	Tabs
\b	Backspace
\f	Page breaks