List all the escape sequence characters in C or Escape Sequence in C Programming Language. In the ASCII table, the total numbers of character are 256 which is divided into total 3 parts, Printable, Non-printable, and Extended. If we talk about ASCII 7-bits there are a total of 128 characters, of which 95 are printable and 33 are not printable. So if the Escape character is not a part of the ASCII table then the question is what are Escape Sequences?

What is the Meaning of the Escape Sequence in C?

An escape sequence is a sequence of characters that helps to convert some other characters(or escape sequence does not represent itself). for example, it’s impossible to print the newline so we use escape sequences to print the newline by using backslash “\” and character “n” together “\n“.

What is the Escape Character?

We cannot print a newline directly in any programming language(C, C++, Java, and C#) by just hitting the enter key. So here backslash is called “escape character“.

Use escape characters and some other characters combination, we use to print some impossible characters. In c, all escape sequences consist of two or more characters it is a combination of backslash and characters.

List all the Escape Sequence Characters in C

Escape Sequence	Meaning	Explanation
\a	Alarm or Beep	A beep sound is generated
\b	Backspace	Backspace
\f	Form Feed	Form Feed page break(Return)
\n	New Line	Shift the cursor control to the new line
\r	Carriage Return	Shift the cursor to the beginning of the current line
\t	Tab (Horizontal)	Shift the cursor to a couple of spaces(Eight blank spaces) to the right in the same line
\v	Vertical Tab	Vertical Tab
\\	Backslash	Print the backslash character
\’	Single Quote	Display the single quotation mark.
\”	Double Quote	Print the double-quotation mark
\?	Question Mark	Display the question mark
\nnn	octal number	Represent an octal number
\xhh	hexadecimal number	Represent a hexadecimal number
\0	Null	Termination of the string

Escape Sequence For Space in c

\b Escape Sequence For Space in c