C Escape Sequences

What Escape Sequences Means?

In C Programming, the word escape sequences means to escape the character from the sequences of words and give special meaning to the escaped character.

Example

Let us consider the following word "hello\nworld". Clearly, n is the character which escapes from the sequences of word, helloworld and a special meaning is given to n i.e) new line.

Escape Sequences Facts

• An Escape sequences are non-printing characters.
• An Escape sequences are certain characters associated with  \  (backslash).
• An Escape sequences always begin with  \  (backslash) and is followed by one character.
• An Escape sequences are mostly used in printf() statement.

Escape Sequences Table

There are 12 escape sequences in C Programming. They are

\n Escape Sequence

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
printf("Hello \nProgrammer ");
return 0;
}

\t Escape Sequence

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
printf("Hello\tProgrammer ");
return 0;
}

\b Escape Sequence

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
printf("Hello\b Programmer ");
return 0;
}

\r Escape Sequence

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
printf("\nab");
printf("\bsi");
printf("\rha");
return 0;
}

\a Escape Sequence

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
printf("This will make a bell sound\a ");
return 0;
}

\' Escape Sequence

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
printf("\'Hello Programmer\' ");
return 0;
}

\" Escape Sequence

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
printf("\"Hello Programmer\" ");
return 0;
}

\? Escape Sequence

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
printf("How are you\? ");
return 0;
}

\\ Escape Sequence

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
printf("C\\learn\\from\\2braces.com ");
return 0;
}

\f Escape Sequence

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
printf("\f - female sign. ");
return 0;
}

\v Escape Sequence

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
printf("\v - male sign. ");
return 0;
}

\0 Escape Sequence

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
printf("Hello \0 Programmer ");
return 0;
}

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