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Escape Sequence Review

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- 1—A character preceded by a backslash (\) is an escape sequence and has a special meaning to the compiler. Let's get started reviewing escape sequence

- 2\tInserts a tab in the text at this point. This one is great for creating columns in string literals.
- 3\nInserts a newline in the text at this point. This is useful when you want to start a new line in your string literal without creating a separate print statement
- 4\'Inserts a single quote character in the text at this point. This is necessary to show possession in a string literal.
- 5\"Inserts a double quote character in the text at this point. This is necessary when you want to quote something in a string literal.
- 6\\Inserts a backslash character in the text at this point.
- 7System.out.println("What is an astronaut\'s favorite key on the keyboard?");The spacebar
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- AP Computer Science Flashcards on Escape Sequence Review, created by Shannon Anderson-Rush on 07/09/2020.
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