Escape Sequence in C

Escape Sequence or Escape characters are special characters start with backslash (\) in C Language. Escape sequences are combination of two or more characters within a string to represent a special action.

Popular Escape Sequence in C Language.

\n    To change the line.
\t    For Tabbed space between two characters or string.

Example 1: Both printf() statement will print in same line.

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
	printf("Coder");
	printf("Mantra");
	return 0;
}

Output : CoderMantra

Example 2: Both printf() statement will print in different line because of \n.

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
	printf("Coder");
	printf("\nMantra");
	return 0;
}

Output : Coder
        Mantra

Example 3: Tabbed space (Tab key on keyboard) between two word because of \t.

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
	printf("Coder");
	printf("\tMantra");
	return 0;
}

Output : Coder    Mantra

Example 4: Another Example of \n and \t.

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
	printf("________________\n");
	printf("|\t\t|\n");
	printf("|\tHello  \t|\n");
	printf("|\t\t|\n");
	printf("----------------\n");
	return 0;
}

Output :
________________
|            |
|    Hello    |
|            |
----------------

List of Important Escape Sequences in C Programming.

\n    To change the line
\t    For Tabbed space between two character or string.
\b    Backspace.
\r    Carriage return (moves the cursor in the begining of line).
\    To print backslash ().
\"    To print Quotation mark.
\'    To print single inverted comma.

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Q1. What is the purpose of an escape sequence in C?

To declare variables

To represent special characters or actions in a string

To create loops

To define functions

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Q2. Which escape sequence is used to move the cursor to the next line?

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Q3. Which escape sequence is used to insert a tab space between two words?

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"

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Q4. Which escape sequence is used for a backspace operation?

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Q5. Which escape sequence moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line?

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