Escape characters in Python

Escape What it does. Meaning

\ Backslash () backslash

' Single-quote (') single quote

" Double-quote (") double quote

a ASCII bell (BEL) bell symbol

b ASCII backspace (BS) backspace character

f ASCII formfeed (FF) paper feed character

n ASCII linefeed (LF) newline character

N{name} Character named name in the Unicode database (Unicode only) Unicode database The character name in; name is its name

r ASCII Carriage Return (CR) carriage return character

t ASCII Horizontal Tab (TAB) horizontal tab character

uxxxx Character with 16-bit hex value xxxx (Unicode only) Character with 32-bit hex value xxxxxxxx (Unicode only) Character with 32-bit hex value xxxx

v ASCII vertical tab (VT) Vertical tab character

ooo Character with octal value ooo Character with octal value ooo

xhh Character with hex value hh Character with hexadecimal value hh