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##### Special Characters

> JScript provides special characters that allow you to include in strings some characters you can't type directly. Each of these characters begins with a backslash. The backslash is an escape character you use to inform the JScript interpreter that the next character is special.

> Escape Sequence | Character
> --- | ---
> \b | Backspace
> \f | Form feed
> \n | Line feed (newline)
> \r | Carriage return
> \t | Horizontal tab (Ctrl-I)
> \' | Single quotation mark
> \" | Double quotation mark
> \\ | Backslash

> Notice that because the backslash itself is used as the escape character, you cannot directly type one in your script. If you want to write a backslash, you must type two of them together (\\).

> >     document.write('The image path is C:\\webstuff\\mypage\\gifs\\garden.gif.');
> >     document.write('The caption reads, "After the snow of \'97. Grandma\'s house is covered."');

> You can use these escape sequences to control formatting of text inside <PRE> and <XMP> tags and, to some extent, inside alert, prompt, and confirm message boxes.

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