AI engineering glossary · Python core
What is escape sequence?
Escape sequence: A backslash followed by a character inside a string that stands for a special character, such as \n for a new line, \t for a tab, \\ for a backslash or \' for a quote. It lets you include characters that are hard to type directly.
Escape sequence: an example
print('Name\tCity\nAsha\tPune') prints two lines with tab-separated columns.
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Where you learn it
Escape sequence is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.