Join Dan Gookin for an in-depth discussion in this video Working with escape characters in printf, part of Learning C.
- Some characters you just can't…put into a string!…To sneak around this limitation,…you use Escape Characters.…In the C language,…a string is a bunch of characters…held between two double-quotes.…Everything between the double-quotes counts.…But, sometimes you can't type a character…such as the Enter key.…For example if you wanted to put…the Enter key press here…and create a new line of text,…the result would be two lines in the editor,…not the output.…The solution is to use the \n character in the string.…
It's an Escape Character,…which means it starts with a backslash…that's followed by n for newline.…Together the \n is interpreted…as one character, a newline,…and it's generated when the string is output.…The C language uses about…a dozen Escape Characters,…also known as Escape Sequences.…The most common are:…newline, tab, single quote,…double quote and if you really need…to display a backslash character,…you must Escape it as well.…
Author
Dan Gookin
Released
10/10/2014- Understanding a C program
- Adding comments
- Using escape characters
- Working with values and placeholders
- Introducing variables
- Making a decision with if
- Looping
- Adding functions
- Manipulating strings
- Building arrays
- Nesting structures
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome50s
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Using the exercise files1m 20s
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1. Getting Started
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Programming overview3m 56s
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Configuring Code::Blocks3m 47s
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Compiling a sample program4m 59s
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2. Programming Basics
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Understanding a C program7m 43s
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Sending text to output2m 13s
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Adding comments to the code2m 26s
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Introducing variables7m 3s
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Using character I/O6m 24s
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Working with math7m 19s
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Making more calculations5m 34s
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3. Program Flow Control
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Looping with while8m 2s
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Nested loops4m 8s
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Adding a function6m 8s
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Passing values to a function2m 54s
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4. Intermediate C Language Concepts
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Manipulating strings6m 28s
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Building arrays6m 45s
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Understanding structures5m 3s
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Working with time functions5m 53s
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5. Advanced C Language Concepts
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Understanding variables5m 57s
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Creating pointer functions5m 36s
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Working with pointer arrays4m 21s
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Allocating memory3m 13s
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Building a linked list8m 5s
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Conclusion
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Next steps2m 11s
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