Escape sequences
Escape sequences
Escape sequences are used to represent certain special characters within string literals and character constants.
The following escape sequences are available. ISO C requires a diagnostic if the backslash is followed by any character not listed here:
Escape sequence | Description | Representation |
---|---|---|
\' | single quote | byte 0x27 (in ASCII encoding) |
\" | double quote | byte 0x22 (in ASCII encoding) |
\? | question mark | byte 0x3f (in ASCII encoding) |
\\ |