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// escapeSequences.cpp
// R. A. Hillyard
// Last Modified: 02/05/2001
//
// Demonstrates the use of escapeSequences
// in string literals
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#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main( void )
  {
  cout << "In C++ anything between the \"\" marks is a string constant\n" ;
  cout << "\nTo include special characters in a string constant " ;
  cout << "we use an \"escape sequence\"" << endl << endl;
  cout << "The \\ will change the meaning of the character following it\n\n" ;
  cout << "\\n will give you a new line just like cout << endl\n";
  cout << "\nand\n\n" ;
  cout << "\\t will give you a tab\t\t\tof the default value\n\n" ;
  cout << "you also need to escape the double \" and single \' quotes\n" ;
  return 0;
  }  

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In C++ anything between the "" marks is a string constant

To include special characters in a string constant we use an "escape sequence"

The \ will change the meaning of the character following it

\n will give you a new line just like cout << endl

and

\t will give you a tab			of the default value

you also need to escape the double " and single ' quotes