C Comments and Escape Sequences

Comments help to keep your code readable and organized, while escape sequences enable handling special characters.

• Comments
• Escape Sequences

Comments

Comments include explanations or notes about the code.

Comments can be either:

• Single-line comments:

  Single-line comments have a double forward slash //.

  Example:

  // Example of a valid single line comment.

• Multi-line or block comments:

  Multi-line or block comments have /* (start of a block comment) and */ (end of a block comment),

  Example:

  /* Example of a
  valid block comment
  */

Escape Sequences

Escape sequence are special characters, such as new lines, tabs, or quotation marks, that you can't directly enter into a string. They start with a backslash \ followed by a character.

Examples:

• \n: newline
• \t: tab
• \r: carriage return
• \': single quote
• \": double quote
• \b: backspace
• \f: form feed
• \v: vertical tab