# A.10 C-Style Escape Sequences (Alpha only)

On Alpha processors, you can use the following C-style escape sequences in character constants (if you do not specify the compiler option VMS):

Escape Sequence | Represents
--- | ---
\n | A new line
\t | A horizontal tab
\b | A backspace
\f | A formfeed
\0 | A null character
\' | An apostrophe (')
\" | A quotation mark (")
\\ | A backslash (\)
\x | Any other character (x)

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