An escape sequence in C language is a sequence of characters that doesn't represent itself when used inside string literal or character. It start with '\'.
| Escape sequence | Meaning |
|---|---|
| \n | New line |
| \a | Alarm |
| \t | Carriage Return |
| \b | backspace |
| \t | Tab(Horizontal) |
| \v | Vertical Tab |
| \\ | Backslash |
| \0 | Null |
| \? | question Marks. |
| \nnn | Octal number |
| \xhh | Hexadecimal number |