Objectives :
- What are the escape sequences in Java?
- What are the escape characters in Java?
Generally we enter all the characters directly. The escape sequences are used for those characters which cannot be entered directly.
| Sequence | Purpose |
| \n | New Line (i.e. Line feed) |
| \b | Backspace |
| \t | Tab |
| \r | Carriage return |
| \f | Form Feed |
| \\ | Backslash |
| \’ | Single quote |
| \” | Double quote |
| \ddd | Octal Characters (i.e. ddd) |
| \uxxxx | Hexadecimal Unicode Characters (i.e. xxxx) |
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Escape Sequences in Java |
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