Escape Sequences

An escape sequence in created using a backslash to identify the special character.

JavaScript supports the following escape sequences:

Escape Sequence	Description
\’	Single quote or apostrophe
\”	Double quote
\\	Backslash
\0	Null character (that is backslash plus zero)
\b	Backspace
\f	Form feed
\n	New line
\r	Carriage return
\t	Horizontal tab
\v	Vertical tab
\xXX	Latin-1 character specified by two hexadecimal digits. For example, the copyright symbol its \xa9
\uXXXX	Unicode character specified by four hexadecimal digits. For example, the π symbol is \u03c0.

Note:

If you include the backslash in front of any other character than those shown in the table, JavaScript will ignore the backslash.