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Escape sequences encode hard to type characters, e.g a tab \\t.
Table of escape sequences:
| Escape | What it does |
| ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| \\\ | Backslash (\\) |
| \\' | Single-quote (') |
| \\" | Double-quote (") |
| \a | ASCII bell (BEL) |
| \b | ASCII backspace (BS) |
| \f | ASCII formfeed (FF) |
| \n | ASCII linefeed (LF) |
| \N{name} | Character named name in the Unicode database (Unicode only) |
| \r | Carriage return (CR) |
| \t | Horizontal tab (TAB) |
| \uxxxx | Character with 16-bit hex value xxxx |
| \Uxxxxxxxx | Character with 32-bit hex value xxxxxxxx |
| \v | ASCII vertical tab (VT) |
| \ooo | Character with octal value ooo |
| \xhh | Character with hex value hh |
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