Escape

\\

What it does.

Backslash (\)

Escape What

\'

What it does.

Single-quote (')

Escape

\"

What it does.

Backslash (\)

Escape

\a

What it does.

ASCII bell (BEL)

Escape

\b

What it does.

ASCII backspace (BS)

Escape

\f

What it does.

ASCII formfeed (FF)

Escape

\n

What it does.

ASCII linefeed (LF)

Escape

\N{name}

What it does.

Character named name in the Unicode database (Unicode only)

Escape

\r

What it does.

Carriage return (CR)

Escape

\t

What it does.

Horizontal tab (TAB)

Escape

\uxxxx

What it does.

Character with 16-bit hex value xxxx

Escape

\Uxxxxxxxx

What it does.

Character with 32-bit hex value xxxxxxxx

Escape

\v

What it does.

Backslash (\)

Escape

\v

What it does.

ASCII vertical tab (VT)

Escape

\000

What it does.

Character with octal value 000

Escape

\xhh

What it does.

Character with hex value hh