AP® Computer Science A glossary

Escape sequence

Course: AP® Computer Science A Shows up in: Unit 1: Using Objects and Methods

A special sequence of characters in a string that starts with a backslash: \" (double quote), \\ (backslash) or \n (newline).

Appears in the course and exam description (CED): 1.3.B.3

An escape sequence lets a string contain a character that is hard to type inside quotes. The course uses three: \", \\ and \n. Each one counts as one character.

System.out.println("She said \"go\"\nC:\\temp");

Output:

She said "go"
C:\temp

Related terms

• String literal