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C Programming - 4.4 Escape Sequence

What? 

Escape Sequence !!!

Yeah, you heard that right

There are some characters in C, which breaks the sequence of characters for formatting the output of a program, that's why these characters are called escape sequence.

Most used escape sequences are


        /n - this is also called newline character

        /t - you can call it TAB character


Yeah, you guess that right, the '\n' - newline character prints a newline when it is within double quotation("") of printf() function.

Look at the top-left corner of your computer keyboard, you will find a button called TAB.

Now, open an editor
         start editing a file

When you press TAB, it inserts 8 spaces by default. In some editors, you can modify the TAB size like Sublime Text, Code-Blocks etc.

for my case, I am using 4 space TAB.

So, in the editor, it depends upon your choice

But, in C program output  '\t' - TAB character prints 8 spaces when it is within double quotation("") of printf() function.

TAB vs. Spaces


there is an interesting story about TAB vs. Spaces 💣 in

Silicon Valley Season 3  Episode 6 💣💥

hope you like it


Happy Coding
See you in the next tutorial



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