Escape characters in JavaScript
Escape characters are characters that can be interpreted in some alternate way then what we intended to. To print these characters as it is, include backslash ‘\’ in front of them. Following are the escape characters in JavaScript −
| Code | Result |
|---|
| \b | Backspace |
| \f | Form Feed |
| \n | New Line |
| \r | Carriage Return |
| \t | Horizontal Tabulator |
| \v | Vertical Tabulator |
| \' | Single quote |
| \" | Double quote |
| \\ | Backslash |
Following is the code implement escape character Backslash in javaScript −
Example
Live Demo
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<title>Document</title>
<style>
body {
font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;
}
.result {
font-size: 18px;
font-weight: 500;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Escape characters in JavaScript</h1>
<div class="result"></div>
<script>
let str = 'Hello World "This" is some sample \\ Text \' ';
let resEle = document.querySelector(".result");
resEle.innerHTML = str;
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
Published on 17-Jul-2020 10:41:56
