c++ escape sequence characters

Escape sequences

Escape sequences are used to define certain special characters within string literals.

The following escape sequences are available:

Escape sequence	Description	Representation
\'	single quote	byte 0x27
\"	double quote	byte 0x22
\?	question mark	byte 0x3f
\\	backslash	byte 0x5c
\0	null character	byte 0x00
\a	audible bell	byte 0x07
\b	backspace	byte 0x08
\f	form feed - new page	byte 0x0c
\n	line feed - new line	byte 0x0a
\r	carriage return	byte 0x0d
\t	horizontal tab	byte 0x09
\v	vertical tab	byte 0x0b
\nnn	arbitrary octal value	byte nnn
\xnn	arbitrary hexadecimal value	byte nn
\unnnn	arbitrary Unicode value. May result in several characters.	code point U+nnnn
\Unnnnnnnn	arbitrary Unicode value. May result in several characters.	code point U+nnnnnnnn

Example

Run this code

#include <iostream>
 
void main()
{
    cout<<"aaa"<<"\n"<<"bbb";

getch();

}

Output:

aaa
bbb