C Programming - Strings - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Strings - General Questions (Q.No. 3)

Strings

How will you print \n on the screen?

printf("\n");

echo "\\n";

printf('\n');

printf("\\n");

Answer: Option

Explanation:

The statement printf("\\n"); prints '\n' on the screen.

Discussion:

23 comments Page 3 of 3.

Srilakshmi said: 1 decade ago

By using printf("\n"); we get blankscreen as \n is a white space character but printf("\\n"); gives output as \n

Vinod said: 1 decade ago

This is verbatim string. Putting any special character after "\" sign ignoresthe next character for compilation.

Shashank said: 1 decade ago

Give me specific reason about this answer. Why there is "\\" is used ?

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