Special Characters

Several special characters can be used in C++. In addition to the newline character , the following table 2.2 shows several others

 

 

Character Purpose

$$\backslash$$ Alert (bell) character

$$\backslash$$ Backspace character

$$\backslash$$ Form feed character

$$\backslash$$ New line character

$$\backslash$$ Carriage return (no-line feed)

$$\backslash$$ Horizontal tab character

$$\backslash$$ Vertical tab character

$$\backslash\backslash$$ Backslash character

$$\backslash$$ Question mark character

$$\backslash$$ Single quote character

$$\backslash$$ Double quote character

$$\backslash$$ Null character