C Language | Backslash Character Literal / Escape Sequence

Backslash Character Literal / Escape Sequence:

“C Language” supports special backslash character constant that are used in output functions. These character combinations are also known as “Escape Sequences”.

Size of these characters is one byte.

Constant	Meaning
‘\a’	Alert bell
‘\b’	BackSpace
‘\f’	Form feed
‘\n’	Newline character
‘\r’	Carriage Return(Run time Enter)
‘\t’	Horizontal Tab
‘\v’	Vertical tab
‘\”‘	Double quote
‘\’’	Single quote
‘\0’	NULL (Terminating character of a character array/string)

‘\a’  : Alert Bell (A bell sound will come along with the output )

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
	printf("Hello\a");
	return(0);
}

Output:

Hello

‘\b’ back space, On using this cursor move one character back

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
	printf("Hello\bHi");
	return(0);
}

Output:

HellHi

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
	printf("Hello\b\bHi");
	return(0);
}

HelHi