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escape characters

escape characters is the plural of escape character.

Meaning of escape character

Noun

escape character (plural escape characters)

  1. A single metacharacter, usually a control code, which in a sequence of characters signifies that what is to follow takes an alternative interpretation. The term escape sequence refers to the escape character and the subsequent character or characters so modified.
    • In the C programming language, the backslash is an escape character; for example, \n represents a newline.

Questions about escape characters

What is escape characters the plural of?
Escape characters is the plural of escape character.

Words near escape characters in the dictionary

  1. escape
  2. escape artist
  3. escape artistry
  4. escape artists
  5. escape character
  6. escape characters
  7. escape clause
  8. escape clauses
  9. escape fire
  10. escape fires
  11. escape goat

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