Escape sequence in C explanation with example

Escape sequence in C:

Escape sequence is a sequence of characters those are used for any other characters or sequence of characters which are hard to display directly in a string. In C, each escape sequence starts with a backslash __ and consists of one or more characters after this. This backslash is called escape character.

For example,\b is used for backspace and \n is used for new line. Without these escape sequences, it won’t be possible to add them in a string.

Escape sequences in C:

Following escape sequences are defined in C:

How to use escape sequence in C program:

We can put an escape sequence in anywhere in a string in C and it will be translated. For example:

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    printf("Hello\nWorld\n");
    return 0;
}

It will print:

Hello
World

By adding the escape character \n, we added one newline in between the words.

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