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Courses Plus Student 13,331 Pointswhat is this?
I don't get : The "\" portion of the above string is called an sequence. Please could you tell me.
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Steven Parker
231,269 PointsWhen you place a backslash in front of another character, it removes any special meaning the following character would otherwise have. This includes other backslash characters.
This is called an escape sequence.
Tojo Alex
Courses Plus Student 13,331 Pointsthank you for the explanation