C++ Tutorial/Development/Escape sequence

Escape keys for double back slash

<source lang="cpp">#include <iostream> using namespace std; int main() {

 cout << "are quite \"useful \" \a \\ in your code \\ \a \n";
 return 0;

}</source>

are quite "useful "  \ in your code \

Escape sequences: \b

<source lang="cpp">#include <iostream> using namespace std;

int main() {

 cout << "123\b\b45"; 

 return 0; 

}</source>

145"

Escape sequences: \t

<source lang="cpp">#include <iostream> using namespace std;

int main() {

 cout << "one\ttwo\tthree\n"; 

 return 0; 

}</source>

one     two     three

Use the \n code to generate a new line.

<source lang="cpp">#include <iostream> using namespace std;

int main() {

 cout << "one\n"; 
 cout << "two\n"; 
 cout << "three"; 
 cout << "four"; 

 return 0; 

}</source>

one
two
threefour"