Editing Escape sequence (section)

==Examples==
* In [[C (programming language)|C]] and many derivative programming languages, a string escape sequence is a series of two or more characters, [[Escape sequences in C|starting with a backslash <code>\</code>]].<ref>{{cite web 
   |quote=Character combinations consisting of a backslash <code>\</code> followed by a letter or by a combination of digits are called ''escape sequences''. 
   |title=Escape Sequences 
   |date=3 August 2021 
 |url=https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/h21280bw.aspx}}</ref>
** Note that in C a backslash immediately followed by a newline does <em>not</em> constitute an escape sequence, but splices physical source lines into logical ones in the second translation phase, whereas string escape sequences are converted in the fifth translation phase.<ref>{{cite web
   |url=http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG14/www/docs/n1570.pdf#page=29
   |title=ISO/IEC 9899:201x Committee Draft N1570
   |language=English
   |quote=5.1.1.2 Translation phases, 2.: Each instance of a backslash character (<code>\</code>) immediately followed by a new-line character is deleted, splicing physical source lines to form logical source lines. [...]}}</ref>
** To represent the backslash character itself, <code>\\</code> can be used, whereby the first backslash indicates an escape and the second specifies that a backslash is being escaped.<ref>{{cite web
   |url=https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.3.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r3.cbclx01/escape.htm
   |title=Escape sequences|website=[[IBM]] }}</ref>
** A character may be escaped in multiple different ways. Assuming ASCII encoding, the escape sequences <code>\x5c</code> ([[hexadecimal]]), <code>\\</code>, and <code>\134</code> ([[octal]]) all encode the same character: the backslash <code>\</code>.
* For devices that respond to [[ANSI escape code|ANSI escape]] sequences, the combination of three or more characters beginning with the ASCII "escape" character (decimal character code 27) followed by the left-bracket character <code>[</code> (decimal character code 91) defines an escape sequence.