Escape Sequences

An escape sequence starts with a backslash (\) and represents a special character that cannot be typed directly into a string.

print("Hello\nWorld")        # newline
print("Name:\tAge")          # tab
print("She said \"Hi\"")     # embedded double quotes
print('It\'s Python')        # embedded single quote
print("C:\\Users\\Python")   # literal backslash (Windows path)
print("\x48\x49")             # HI (hex escapes)

Output:

Hello
World
Name:	Age
She said "Hi"
It's Python
C:\Users\Python
HI

Raw Strings

Prefix a string with r to disable escape-sequence processing — useful for regular expressions and Windows file paths.

path = r"C:\Users\Python\new_folder"
print(path)   # C:\Users\Python\new_folder (backslashes kept as-is)