Formatting characters

Formatting characters

Escape sequence in python

Escape sequences starts with a backslash and it can be interpreted differently. When you have use single quote to represent a string, all the single quotes inside the string must be escaped. Similar is the case with double quotes.

Example

#String within triple quotes to display a string with single quote

>>> print ('''They said, "What's there?"''')

They said, "What's there?"

#String within single quotes to display a string with single quote using escape sequence

>>> print ('They said, "What\'s there?"')

They said, "What's there?"

#String within double quotes to display a string with single quote using escape sequence

>>> print ("They said, \"What's there?\"")

He said, "What's there?"

Escape sequences supported by python

Escape Sequence : DESCRIPTION

\newline      Backslash and newline ignored

\\   Backslash

\'   Single quote

\"  Double quote

\a  ASCII Bell

\b  ASCII Backspace

\f   ASCII Form feed

\n  ASCII Linefeed

\r  ASCII Carriage Return

\t   ASCII Horizontal Tab

\v  ASCII Vertical Tab

\ooo   Character with octal value ooo

\xHH Character with hexadecimal value HH