Escape Characters in Python 3
In the following table - a list of escape or
non-printable characters that can be represented with backslash notation.
An escape character gets interpreted; in a
single quoted as well as double quoted strings.
|
Backslash Notation
|
Hexadecimal
character
|
Description
|
|
a
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0x07
|
Bell or alert
|
|
b
|
0x08
|
Backspace
|
|
\cx
|
|
Control-x
|
|
\C-x
|
|
Control-x
|
|
\e
|
0x1b
|
Escape
|
|
\f
|
0x0c
|
Formfeed
|
|
\M-\C-x
|
|
Meta-Control-x
|
|
\n
|
0x0a
|
Newline
|
|
\nnn
|
|
Octal notation, where n is in the range
0.7
|
|
\r
|
0x0d
|
Carriage return
|
|
\s
|
0x20
|
Space
|
|
\t
|
0x09
|
Tab
|
|
\v
|
0x0b
|
Vertical tab
|
|
\x
|
|
Character x
|
|
\xnn
|
|
Hexadecimal notation, where n is in the
range 0.9,a.f, or A.F
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