An **escape sequence** in C is used to conveniently format the strings and outputs of a program. 


The escape sequence does not appear in the output when written in a character or string literal, ﻿rather it is represented through its functionality. ﻿The escape sequence consists of a backslash and any other character from the C character set.

# Types of escape sequences

Below are the 15 types of escape sequences that ﻿C provides﻿:

# Examples
The following code demonstrates the use of various C escape sequences such as `\n`, `\t`, `\?`, and `\"`﻿:

#include <stdio.h>


int main() {
 
 printf("---\\n---\n");
 // Example 1
 printf("What are escape sequences in C\nEducative.io");
 printf("\n");
 printf("---\\t---\n");
 //Example 2
 printf("What are escape sequences in C\tEducative.io");
 printf("\n");
 printf("---\\?---\n");
 // Example 3
 printf("What are escape sequences in C \? Educative.io");
 printf("\n");
 printf("---\\\"---\n");
 // Example 4
 printf("What are escape sequences in C \" Educative.io");
 printf("\n");
 printf("---\\\'---\n");
 // Example 5
 printf("What are escape sequences in C \' Educative.io");
 printf("\n");
 printf("---\\xhh---\n");
 // Example 6
 printf("What are escape sequences in C \x3a Educative.io");
 printf("\n");
 printf("---\\nnn---\n");
 // Example 7
 printf("What are escape sequences in C \123 Educative.io");
 printf("\n");
}

# Explanation
## Example 1
 **`\n`** will display the string following that character in next line.
## Example 2
**`\t`** will add a horizontal tab where it is written.
## Example 3
**`\?`** will display a **?** where it is written.
## Example 4
**`\"`** will display a **"** where it is written.
## Example 5
 `\'` will display a **'** where it is written.
## Example 6 
﻿**`\xhh`** will take the hexadecimal value ﻿and convert it to decimal﻿, then it will display the corresponding ASCII character. In this example﻿, x3a is 58 in ﻿decimal, and the corresponding ASCII character is `:`.﻿
## Example 7 
**`\nnn`** will take the octal value ﻿and convert it to decimal; then, it will display the corresponding ASCII character. In this example﻿, 123 is 83 in decimal﻿, and the corresponding ASCII character is `S`.

What are escape sequences in C?

Escape sequences in C format strings and outputs using combinations like \n, \t, \a for various formatting functions.

Escape Sequence	Meaning	Description
`\a`	Alarm or Beep	Generates a beep that alerts the user when the program is executed.
`\n`	New Line	Starts a new line in the output/string.
`\t`	Horizonal Tab	Adds a horizontal tab in the output/string.
`\r`	Carriage Return	Places the cursor at the start of the current line.
`\f`	Form Feed	Places the cursor at the start of the next page.
`\v`	Vertical Tab	Adds a vertical tab in the output/string.
`\\`	Backslash	Displays a backslash in the output/string.
`\'`	Single Quote	Displays a single quote in the output/string.
`\"`	Double Quote	Displays a double quote in the output/string.
`\nnn`	Octal Number	Represents an octal number.
`\xhh`	Hexadecimal number	Represents a hexadecimal number.
`\0`	Null	Adds a 0 character and usually denotes the termination of a string.
`\b`	Backspace	Backspaces a single character.
`\?`	Question Mark	Displays a question mark.