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Escape Characters
Learn all about Escape Characters in this comprehensive tutorial.
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- •To insert characters that are illegal in a string, use an escape character.
- •Other escape characters used in Python:
Escape Character
To insert characters that are illegal in a string, use an escape character.
An escape character is a backslash \ followed by the character you want to insert.
An example of an illegal character is a double quote inside a string that is surrounded by double quotes:
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To fix this problem, use the escape character \":
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Escape Characters
Other escape characters used in Python:
| Code | Result | Try it |
|---|---|---|
| \' | Single Quote | Try it » |
| \\ | Backslash | Try it » |
| \n | New Line | Try it » |
| \r | Carriage Return | Try it » |
| \t | Tab | Try it » |
| \b | Backspace | Try it » |
| \f | Form Feed | |
| \ooo | Octal value | Try it » |
| \xhh | Hex value | Try it » |
Module quiz
2 questions1
Which of the following is true about Escape Characters?
2
What is the most common pitfall when working with Escape Characters?
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