| \b |
Backspace |
| \f |
Form feed |
| \n |
New line |
| \r |
Carriage return |
| \t |
Tab |
| \' |
Single quote or apostrophe (') |
| \" |
Double quote (") |
| \\ |
Backslash (\) |
|
\XXX |
XXX is an octal number (between 0 and 377) that represent
the Latin-1 character equivalent. For example
\251 is the octal code for the
copyright symbol. |
|
\xXX |
XX is a hexadecimal number (between 00 and FF) that represent
the Latin-1 character equivalent. For example
\xA9 is the hexadecimal code for the
copyright symbol. |
|
\uXXXX |
XXXX is a hexadecimal number (between 00 and FF) that represent
the Unicode character equivalent. For example
\u00A9 is the hexadecimal code for the
copyright symbol.
(Note: Unicode is only supported by JavaScript 1.3) |
The string
"\tTom said \"Hello to everyone!\"\nSo did Mary." would print:
Tom said "Hello to everyone!"
So did Mary.