JavaScript: Escape Sequences

Escape sequences give special meaning when JavaScript interprets them. Following table summarizes the escape sequences supported by JavaScript.

Escape Sequence	Description
\0	Represent NUL character
\b	Backspace
\t	Horizontal tab
\v	Vertical tab
\n	New line
\f	Form feed
\r	Carriage return
\"	Double quote
\'	Single quote
\\	Backslash
\x XX	Latin-1 character specified by the two hexadecimal digits XX
\u XXXX	Unicode character specified by the four hexadecimal digits XXXX

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