Escape Sequences in C – Character combinations consisting of a backslash (\) followed by a letter or by a combination of digits are called “escape sequences”.
Escape sequences provide a general and extensible mechanism for representing hard to type invisible characters.
List of Escape Sequences in C
Escape sequence | Charecter | What it does |
\a | Audible alert | Rings the terminal’s bell. |
\b | Backspace | Moves the cursor back one space. |
\f | form feed | Moves the cursor to the next logical page. |
\n | new line | Prints the new line. |
\r | carriage return | Prints the carriage return. |
\t | horizontal tab | Prints a horizontal tab. |
\v | vertical tab | Prints a vertical tab. |
\\ | back slash | Prints a backslash. |
\? | Question mark | prints a question mark |
\’ | single quote | Prints a single quote. |
\” | double quote | Prints a double quote. |