Editing escape sequence

Some characters cannot be included in [[literal string]]s, because they are [[nonprintable]] or [[control character]]s, or characters that affect [[delimit]]ation of the strings, such as [[quotation mark]]s. These characters can be inserted by using an *escape sequence* (known as *literal character notation*). == The backslash symbol can be used to insert literal characters into a string An *escape sequence* consists of a [[backslash]] symbol followed by a character or set of characters used to represent the literal character using a representation encoding. == Representation of nonprintable and control characters Escape sequences can be used to represent [[nonprintable]] and [[control character]]s, such as [[tab]] or [[newline]] characters. The example shows a [[newline]] character being represented by an escape sequence in the middle of a [[literal string]]: print "first line \n second line" # The \n represents a newline character in a string The above produces the following output: first line second line == Representation of doublequote marks The [[doublequote]] symbol is used to [[delimit]] the beginning or end of a string. This means that a [[doublequote]] could not be used within the string, unless it is escaped by using a [[backslash]] prefix, or the string is [[delimit]]ed using an alternative [[delimiter]]. *This article requires an example. Please insert an example here. * == Representation of the backslash symbol The [[backslash]] symbol is another character that cannot be included in an [[interpolated]] string. This is because the [[backslash]] symbol is used to mark the beginning of an escape sequence. In order to represent the [[backslash]] symbol it is necessary to use a [[doublebackslash]] within the string: print "There is only one slash (\\) printed here."; == Literal character representation The following literal character representations are available by using the [[backslash]] symbol: | \a | bell | \b | backspace | \e | escape | \f | formfeed | \n | newline | \r | carriage return | \t | tab | \v | vertical tab == Literal characters can be represented by using their ASCII numeric codes Literal characters can be inserted into strings by using their ASCII numeric codes in the following notation: | \ddd | dd is an octal value | \xhh | hh is a hexadecimal value *This article requires an example. Please insert an example here. * ---- [[ASCII]] [[Unicode]]

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