Programming Across Disciplines

Escape Sequences

Escape Sequence	Description	Code	Output
\\	Prints a backslash character.	`print("\\")`	\
\'	Prints a single quote mark.	`print("\'")`	'
\"	Prints a double quote mark.	`print("\"")`	"
\b	Backspace - removes the previous character in the string.	`print("Test" + "\b" + " String")`	Tes String
\f	Formfeed (FF)	`print("Test\fString")`	Test String
\n	Linefeed (LF)	`print("Test\nString")`	Test String
\N{name}	Prints a character from the Unicode Character Database. You can find an index of the available emoji characters at here.	`print(u"\N{Grinning Face}")`	😀
\t	Horizontal tab (TAB). Inserts a tab at the point of the \t sequence.	`print("ABCD\tEFGHZ")`	ABCD EFGH