Escape Sequence in java
- A character preceded by a backslash () is known as escape sequence.
- There are total 8 escape sequences in Java which have special meaning to the compiler.
- When we use an escape sequence in print statement then the compiler interpret it accordingly.
\t - Insert a tab in the text at this point. \b - Insert a backspace in the text at this point. \n - Insert a newline in the text at this point. \r - Insert a carriage return in the text at this point. \f - Insert a formfeed in the text at this point. \' - Insert a single quote character in the text at this point. \" - Insert a double quote character in the text at this point. \\ - Insert a backslash character in the text at this point.
Let us see the work of following escape sequence-
| Escape Sequence | Description |
| t | It will insert a tab in the text at this point. |
| b | It will insert a backspace in the text at this point. |
| f | It will insert a formfeed in the text at this point. |
| n | It will insert a newline in the text at this point. |
| r | It will insert a carriage return in the text at this point. |
| ' | It will insert a single quote character in the text at this point. |
| '' | It will insert a double quote character in the text at this point. |
| / | It will insert a backslash character in the text at this point. |