Designing Custom Encoders

Escape Sequences

Use a backslash (\) to escape special characters. The following table lists the currently supported escape sequences.

Table 13 Escape Sequences

Sequence 

Description 

Backslash 

Backspace 

Linefeed 

Newline 

Carriage return 

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.