An instruction to the Runtime to insert a special character that affects the output of a string.

In C# Escape Character Sequence begins with a backslash \ followed by the character you are escaping.

  • \n will produce a new line
  • \t will produce a tab in the same line.
  • \" used twice will allow you to display (”) double quotes in an output. For Example : Console.WriteLine("Hello \"World\"");
  • Use backslashes twice \\ to produce a backslash in an output. For Example to output the path of a current file.