Python Escape Characters Table
Escape Character | Explanation |
---|---|
\' | Single Quote |
\" | Double Quote |
\n | Newline Character |
\t | Tabular Character |
\b | Backspace Character |
\r | Carriage Return |
\\ | Backslash |
\ | Form Feed |
\ooo | Octal Value |
\xhh | Hex Value |
Examples
The following examples show the working of the different escape characters in a Python context. We provide the output after each print()
statement:
# Single Quote print('\'') # ' # Double Quote print("\"") # " # Newline Character print('Hello\nWorld') # Hello # World # Tabular Character print('Hello\tWorld') # Hello World # Backspace Character print('Backspace: \b') # Backspace: # Carriage Return print('Hello\rWorld') # HelloWorld # Backslash Character print('Backslash: \\') # Backslash: \ # Form Feed print('Hello\ World') # HelloWorld # Octal Value print('\112') # J # Hex Value print('\x44') # D