| Escape code | Meaning |
| \\ | \ |
| \s | a space |
| \t | a tab |
| \n | a newline |
| \r | a carriage return |
| \b | a backspace (ASCII 8) |
| \v | a vertical tab (ASCII 11) |
| \f | a form feed (ASCII 12) |
| \0 | a null byte (ASCII 0) |
| \e | escape (ASCII 27) |
| \" | " |
| \xxx | The Unicode code point with hexadecimal number xx |
| \uxxxxxx | The Unicode code point with hexadecimal number xxxxxx |
| \u{xx} | The Unicode code point with hexadecimal number xx |
| \u{name} | The Unicode code point named name |
| \xxx | an octal escape specified by one, two, or three octal digits |