char c = 'a'; //make character variable c contain the letter 'a'Certain special characters are represented by the following escape sequences (which are also placed between single quote marks in assignment statements).
| \n | new-line | \u000A |
| \t | tab | \u0009 |
| \b | back-space | \u0008 |
| \r | return | \u000D |
| \f | form-feed | \u000C |
| \\ | back-slash | \u005C |
| \' | single quote | \u0027 |
| \" | double quote | \u0022 |
| \ddd | character's octal value | d = 0 to 7 |
| \udddd | character's hexadecimal value | d = 0 to F |
string s = "help"; /* make string variable s point to a string
array containing the letters 'help' */
To break a line within a quoted string, you must insert a \n into the string, not simply start a new line in your source file. Be careful of how you place octal character entities in strings. For instance:
\0116 is rendered as \t6 (ie a tab followed by a character 6)
\116 is rendered as N.