Common Escape Sequences

While most characters can be written directly into a program, as is the case for a, b, or t, there are some which cannot.

For these, you need to use what is called an "escape sequence."

The most common escape sequence you will use will be the one for a "new line." Which is a backslash followed by an n.

char newline = '\n';

Because a backslash is used for this special syntax, to put a backslash into a character literal you need to escape it with a backslash of its own.

char backslash = '\\';

And because single quotes are used to mark the start and end of a character literal, they need to be escaped as well.

char singleQuote = '\'';