C Escape Sequences

Some characters like a new line or a tab cannot be typed inside a string directly. For these we use escape sequences. An escape sequence starts with a backslash \ followed by a letter.

Common escape sequences

Sequence	Meaning
\n	New line
\t	Horizontal tab
\\	Backslash
\"	Double quote
\'	Single quote
\r	Carriage return (cursor to start of the line)
\b	Backspace
\a	Alert (beep sound)
\0	Null character (end of a string)

Example

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void) {
    printf("Name:\tRobin\n");
    printf("City:\tDelhi\n");
    printf("He said, \"Learn C\"\n");
    printf("Path: C:\\Users\\Robin\n");
    printf("Line one\nLine two\n");
    return 0;
}

Output:

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