C Escape Sequences

escape_c.txt

Escape Sequence	Name	Meaning
\a	Alert	        Produces an audible or visible alert.
\b	Backspace	Moves the cursor back one position (non-destructive).
\f	Form Feed	Moves the cursor to the first position of the next page.
\n	New Line	Moves the cursor to the first position of the next line.
\r	Carriage Return	Moves the cursor to the first position of the current line.
\t	Horizontal Tab	Moves the cursor to the next horizontal tabular position.
\v	Vertical Tab	Moves the cursor to the next vertical tabular position.
\'		        Produces a single quote.
\"		        Produces a double quote.
\?		        Produces a question mark.
\\		        Produces a single backslash.
\0		        Produces a null character.
\ddd		        Defines one character by the octal digits (base-8 number). Multiple characters may be defined in the same escape sequence, but the value is implementation-specific (see examples).
\xdd		        Defines one character by the hexadecimal digit (base-16 number).