Escape Character
To insert characters that are illegal in a string, use an escape character.
An escape character is a backslash \ followed by the character you want to insert.
An example of an illegal character is a double quote inside a string that is surrounded by double quotes:
Example
txt = "We are the so-called "Vikings" from the north."
To fix this problem, use the escape character \":
Example
txt = "We are the so-called \"Vikings\" from the north."
Escape Characters
Other escape characters used in Python:
| Code | Result | Try it |
|---|---|---|
| ' | Single Quote | |
| \ | Backslash | |
| \n | New Line | |
| \r | Carriage Return | |
| \t | Tab | |
| \b | Backspace | |
| \f | Form Feed | |
| \ooo | Octal value | |
| \xhh | Hex value |