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.

 List of Some important  Escape Sequences in C

Escape Sequence Meaning
a Alarm or Beep
b Backspace
f Form Feed
n New Line
r Carriage Return
t Tab (Horizontal)
v Vertical Tab
\ Backslash
‘ Single Quote
” Double Quote
? Question Mark
nnn octal number
xhh hexadecimal number
Null