\b //Backspace \n //Line Feed \r //Carriage Return \f //Form Feed \t //Tab \0 //Null) Note. This is actually a OCTAL escape but handy nonetheless \' //Single Quote \" //Double Quote \\ //Backslash \DDD //Octal Escape Sequence, D is a number between 0 and 7; can only express characters from 0 to 255 (i.e. \0 to \377)