A sequence of characters starting with backslash ( \ ) that performs a specified function, which is already defined by C, is called as an escape sequence in C. It is named so as it doesn’t represent itself as a character, when it is used inside a string.
Some of the C Escape Sequence are listed below.
| ESCAPE SEQUENCE | USES |
| \a | Alarm or Beep |
| \b | Backspace |
| \\ | Backslash |
| \r | Carriage Return |
| \” | Double Quote |
| \f | Form Feed |
| \xhh | Hexadecimal Number |
| \n | New Line |
| \0 | Null |
| \nnn | Octal Number |
| \? | Question Mark |
| \’ | Single Quote |
| \t | Tab (Horizontal) |
| \v | Vertical Tab |
Example:
#include <stdio.h> void main() { printf ("\tI love my INDIA.\vINDIA is my Country.\nMy Country is my Identity."); } |
Output
I love my INDIA.
INDIA is my Country.
My Country is my Identity. |
