Escape Sequence

Character Code

Meaning

\a

0x07

Bell character

\f

0x0C

Form feed

\n

0x0A

Newline character

\r

0x0D

Carriage return

\t

0x09

Tab character

\v

0x0B

Vertical tab

\e

0x1B

ASCII Escape character

\0dd

0dd

An octal character code, where dd is one or more octal digits

\xXX

0xXX

A hexadecimal character code, where XX is one or more hexadecimal digits

\x{XX}

0xXX

A hexadecimal character code, where XX is one or more hexadecimal digits, optionally a unicode character

\cZ

z-@

An ASCII escape sequence control-Z, where Z is any ASCII character greater than or equal to the character code for '@'