Escape Sequences in C

In this tutorial, you will learn about escape sequences in the C programming language with the help of examples.

An escape sequence in the C programming language is a sequence of characters that does not represent itself when used inside a character or a string literal but has its own specific meaning.

Each escape sequence comprises two or more characters starting with a backslash \ and followed by any other valid character set in C language. For example, \n is an escape sequence that represents a new line.

The concept of escape sequences first developed in the C language and implemented in other languages such as C++, Java, etc.

List of Escape Sequences in C

Escape Sequence Example

Let’s check an example of an escape sequence.

#include<stdio.h> 
int main(){
printf("Welcome!\nTo the world of\nC Progamming langauge\nAnd\n\"You are learning escape sequence\""); 
return 0; 
}

Output