Description andrew dolan 2013-04-19 14:21:19 EDT

Given this c++ code:

   cout << "Use \\n to cause a newline; use \\t to cause a tab." << '\n';
   cout << "Use \\a to cause a beep (only on some platforms)!";

AND

this c code:

   printf("Use \\n to cause a newline; use \\t to cause a tab. \n");
   printf("Use \\a to cause a beep (only on some platforms)! \n");

The compiler treats the \\n or \\t or \\a as just a \n or \t or \a instead of just treating that combination as two characters to be printed out.  This manifests itself in a debug run, and when run in command line.

\\ by itself does get printed as just \.  

Thanks for your help!