=====Constant Escape Sequences===== The following escape sequences can be used to define certain special characters within strings: ^ Escape Sequence ^ Description ^ |\'|Single quote| |\"|Double quote| |\\|Backslash| |\nnn|Octal number (nnn)| |\0|Null character (really just the octal number zero)| |\a|Audible bell| |\b|Backspace| |\f|Formfeed| |\n|Newline| |\r|Carriage return| |\t|Horizontal tab| |\v|Vertical tab| |\xnnn|Hexadecimal number (nnn)| An example of this is contained in the following code (which assumes that the newline character generates complete newlines, i.e. on Unix systems): printf( "This\nis\na\ntest\n\nShe said, \"How are you?\"\n" ); which would display This is a test She said, "How are you?"