Special Characters

Special characters can added to text strings in JavaScript by using the backslash character.

The following table lists the special characters that can be added to a text string using the backslash character:

Code	Outputs
\'	single quote ( ' )
\"	double quote ( " )
\&	ampersand ( & )
\\	backslash ( \ )
\n	new line
\r	carriage return
\t	tab
\b	backspace
\f	form feed