JavaScript Escape Sequences
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Escape Sequences
An escape sequence is a sequence of characters that does not represent itself when used inside a character or string literal, but is translated into another character or a sequence of characters that may be difficult or impossible to represent directly.
The following are the list of escape sequences available in javascript
| Escape Sequences | Explanation |
|---|---|
| \XXX | an octal Latin-1 character. |
| \xXX | a hexa Latin-1 character |
| \uXXXX | unicode codepoint |
| \' | single quote |
| \" | double quote |
| \\ | backslash |
| \n | new line |
| \t | tab |
| \r | carriage return |
| \v | vertical tab |
| \b | backspace |
| \f | form feed |
Octal Latin-1 Character
Example
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<script>
// check your console
console.log("Latin capital letter O with circumflex -\324");
</script>
</body>
</html>
Hexa Latin-1 Character
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<script>
// check your console
console.log("Latin capital letter O with circumflex -\xD4");
</script>
</body>
</html>
Unicode Codepoint
Example
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<script>
// check your console
console.log("Latin capital letter O with circumflex -\u00D4");
</script>
</body>
</html>
Single Quote
Example
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<script>
// check your console
console.log('I\'m here');
</script>
</body>
</html>
Double Quote
Example
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<script>
console.log("I love \"JavaScript\"");
</script>
</body>
</html>
Backslash
Example
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<script>
console.log('E:\\new-folder\\file.js');
</script>
</body>
</html>
New Line
Example
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<script>
console.log("Hello \n World");
</script>
</body>
</html>
Tab
Example
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<script>
console.log("Long \t Space");
</script>
</body>
</html>
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