Welcome! Today's adventure involves Special Character Sequences in Java. We're going to demystify commonly used escape sequences — newline (\n
), tab (\t
), backslash (\\
), and quotes (\"
and \'
). Ready? Let's go!
Escape sequences are characters prefixed with a backslash (\
), which triggers unique behavior in subsequent characters. They're incredibly handy for commanding line breaks, adding tab spaces, or including a backslash or quotes in a string.
Here's an example of the newline character (\n
) in action:
The output appears on two separate lines!
Think of \n
as your in-code line breaker. It efficiently splits the output, enhancing readability. Here's how it works:
