Character Sets

ANSI 3.1.3.4 Mapping members of the source character set

The source character set and execution character set include the ASCII characters listed in the following table. Escape sequences are also shown in the table.

Escape Sequences

Escape Sequence Character ASCII Value
\a Alert/bell 7
\b Backspace 8
\f Form feed 12
\n Newline 10
\r Carriage return 13
\t Horizontal tab 9
\v Vertical tab 11
\" Double quotation 34
\' Single quotation 39
\\ Backslash 92

See also

Characters