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Meaning of escape sequence | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An escape character together with subsequent characters, not output as written, but specifying a particular behaviour.

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Examples

“In the C programming language, the backslash is an escape character; for example, \n is an escape sequence which represents a newline.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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