Escape characters in C++ language

Escape (Backslash) character Constants

In C++ there are some special backslash characters are available for specific meanings. These are used in output purpose. For example ‘\n’ is used for newline on the output. The following list shows the available backslash characters in C++:

Constants	Description/ use
‘\a’	Alert bell
‘\b’	Back space
‘\f’	Form feed
‘\n’	New line
‘\r’	Carriage return
‘\t’	Horizontal tab
‘\v’	Vertical tab
‘\’’	Single quote
‘\”’	Double quote
‘\?’	Question mark
‘\\’	Backslash
‘\0’	Null