A complete listing of all the escape sequences available to you : Escape « String « Flash / Flex / ActionScript






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A complete listing of all the escape sequences available to you

 

Escape Sequence      Resulting String 
\b      Backspace character.
\f      Form feed character. This character advances one page and is rarely used.
\n      Newline character. Also known as line feed.
\r      Carriage return character.
\t      Tab character.
\unnnn      Inserts a character with the four-digit hexadecimal Unicode code.
\xnn      Inserts a character with the two-digit hexadecimal ASCII code.
\'      Single quote (') character.
\"      Double quote (") character.
\\      Backslash (\) character.








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