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In computing and telecommunication, an escape character is a character which invokes an alternative interpretation on subsequent characters in a character sequence.
An escape character is a particular case of metacharacters.
Generally, the judgement of whether something is an escape character or not depends on context.
See also
- Escape sequences in C
- Leaning toothpick syndrome
- Metacharacter
- Stropping (syntax) – in some conventions a leading character (such as an apostrophe) functions as an escape character
Not to be confused with
- Escape sequence - used for communication between devices
- Esc key on a keyboard
External links
- Escape character @ Wikipedia
