Editing Escape character (section)

===JavaScript ===
JavaScript uses the {{code|\}} (backslash) as an escape character for:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mathiasbynens.be/notes/javascript-escapes |title=JavaScript character escape sequences |publisher=Mathias Bynens |date=21 December 2011 |access-date=2014-06-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2yfce773%28v=vs.94%29.aspx |title=Special Characters (JavaScript) |publisher=Microsoft Developer Network |access-date=2014-06-30 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214014640/http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2yfce773(v=vs.94).aspx |archive-date= Dec 14, 2014 }}</ref>
* {{code|\'}} single quote
* {{code|\"}} double quote
* {{code|\\}} backslash
* {{code|\n}} [[newline|new line]]
* {{code|\r}} [[carriage return]]
* {{code|\t}} tab
* {{code|\b}} backspace
* {{code|\f}} [[form feed]]
* {{code|\v}} [[vertical tab]] ([[Internet Explorer 9]] and older treats {{code|'\v}} as {{code|'v}} instead of a vertical tab ({{code|'\x0B}}). If cross-browser compatibility is a concern, use {{code|\x0B}} instead of {{code|\v}}.)
* {{code|\0}} [[null character]] ({{unichar|0}}) (only if the next character is not a decimal digit; else it is an octal escape sequence)
* {{code|\xFF}} character represented by the hexadecimal byte <code>FF</code>

The {{code|\v}} and {{code|\0}} escapes are not allowed in JSON strings.
Example code:<syntaxhighlight lang="javascript">
console.log("Using \\n \nWill shift the characters after \\n one row down")
console.log("Using \\t \twill shift the characters after \\t one tab length to the right")
console.log("Using \\r \rWill imitate a carriage return, which means shifting to the start of the row") // can be used to clear the screen on some terminals. Windows uses \r\n instead of \n alone
</syntaxhighlight>