Use a backslash (\) to escape special characters. The following table lists the currently supported escape sequences.
Table 13 Escape Sequences
Sequence |
Description |
|
---|---|---|
\ |
\ |
Backslash |
\ |
b |
Backspace |
\ |
f |
Linefeed |
\ |
n |
Newline |
\ |
r |
Carriage return |
\ |
t |
Tab |
\ |
ddd |
Octal number* |
\ |
xdd |
Hexadecimal number** |
*For octal values, the leading variable d can only be 0 - 3 (inclusive), while the other two can be 0 - 7 (inclusive). The maximum value is \377.
**For hexadecimal values, the variable d can be 0 - 9 (inclusive) and A - F (inclusive, either upper or lower case). The maximum value is \xFF.