Python 3 Escape Sequences

List of escape sequences available in Python 3.

Escape Sequence	Description	Example
`\newline`	Backslash and newline ignored	print("line1 \ line2 \ line3") Result `line1 line2 line3`
`\\`	Backslash (`\`)	print("\\") Result `\`
`\'`	Single quote (`'`)	print('\'') Result `'`
`\"`	Double quote (`"`)	print("\"") Result `"`
`\a`	ASCII Bell (BEL)	print("\a")
`\b`	ASCII Backspace (BS)	print("Hello \b World!") Result `Hello World!`
`\f`	ASCII Formfeed (FF)	print("Hello \f World!") Result `Hello World!`
`\n`	ASCII Linefeed (LF)	print("Hello \n World!") Result `Hello World!`
`\r`	ASCII Carriage Return (CR)	print("Hello \r World!") Result `Hello World!`
`\t`	ASCII Horizontal Tab (TAB)	print("Hello \t World!") Result `Hello World!`
`\v`	ASCII Vertical Tab (VT)	print("Hello \v World!") Result `Hello World!`
`\ooo`	Character with octal value `ooo`	print("\110\145\154\154\157\40\127\157\162\154\144\41") Result `Hello World!`
`\xhh`	Character with hex value `hh`	print("\x48\x65\x6c\x6c\x6f\x20\x57\x6f\x72\x6c\x64\x21") Result `Hello World!`

Some escape sequences are only recognized in string literals. These are:

Escape Sequence	Description
`\N{name}`	Character named `name` in the Unicode database
`\uxxxx`	Character with 16-bit hex value `xxxx`. Exactly four hexadecimal digits are required.
`\Uxxxxxxxx`	Character with 32-bit hex value `xxxxxxxx`. Exactly eight hexadecimal digits are required.