An escape sequence begins with a back slash(\n) and is followed by a character in C. An escape sequence is treated as a single character. It is used to alert and format the output in the desired format.
C Escape Sequence Table:-
Some escape sequences are given below.
| Escape Sequence | Meaning |
| \n | Sends the cursor to the next line. |
| \t | Horizontal Tab |
| \a | Alert( Used to generate beep) |
| \c | Carriage return(sends the cursor to the beginning of the current line) |
| \b | backspace(sends the cursor one character to the left) |
| \’ | prints the single quotation mark |
| \’’ | prints the double quotation mark |
| \\ | prints the backslash character |
| \? | prints the question mark |