C Escape Characters
C Escape Characters
In this tutorial, we will learn about C Escape characters. In the C language, a string is a sequence of characters enclosed between double quotes. Some characters in the string are limited. We use escape characters(escape sequences) to overcome this limitation.
C Escape Characters
The C language supports many escape sequences. The most common escape sequences are as follows:
| C Escape Sequence | Description |
| \n | New line. This will move the cursor to the new line |
| \t | Tab space, This will print some spaces |
| \” | To escape the double quote character |
| \’ | To escape the single quote character |
| \\ | To display backspace character |
| \0 | Null. This is used to terminate character strings |
Example
/**
**********************************
* Program Description:
* C Escape Characters Demo
* Filename: escape.c
* C Tutorials - www.TestingDocs.com
*************************************
*/
#include
int main()
{
printf("Name in quotes \"TestingDocs\" \nThis is second line\n");
printf("\tThis will print after tab space \n");
return 0;
}
Program Output
The program demonstrates the usage of the \n, \t, and \” escape sequences.
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