Escape sequences

Escape sequences are used to define certain special characters within string literals.

The following escape sequences are available:

Escape		Description
sequence
\' 		single quote (byte 0x27)
\" 		double quote (byte 0x22)
\\ 		backslash (byte 0x5c)
\0 		null character (byte 0x00)
\a 		audible bell (byte 0x07)
\b 		backspace (byte 0x08)
\f 		form feed - new page (byte 0x0c)
\n 		line feed - new line (byte 0x0a)
\r 		carriage return (byte 0x0d)
\t 		horizontal tab (byte 0x09)
\v 		vertical tab (byte 0x0b)
\nnn 		arbitrary octal value (byte nnn)
\xnn 		arbitrary hexadecimal value (byte nn)
\unnnn 		arbitrary Unicode value (code point U+nnnn) May result in several characters.
\Unnnnnnnn 	arbitrary Unicode value (code point U+nnnnnnnn) May result in several characters.