Escape Characters in JavaScript



Escape characters are characters that can be interpreted in some alternate way then what we intended to. To print these characters as it is, include backslash ‘\’ in front of them. Following are the escape characters in JavaScript −

Code Result
\b Backspace
\f Form Feed

New Line
\r Carriage Return
\t Horizontal Tabulator
\v Vertical Tabulator
\' Single quote
\" Double quote
\ Backslash

Following is the code implement escape character Backslash in javaScript −

Example

 Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<title>Document</title>
<style>
   body {
      font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;
   }
   .result {
      font-size: 18px;
      font-weight: 500;
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Escape characters in JavaScript</h1>
<div class="result"></div>
<script>
   let str = 'Hello World "This" is some sample \ Text \' ';
   let resEle = document.querySelector(".result");
   resEle.innerHTML = str;
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Updated on: 2020-07-17T07:12:58+05:30

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