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<h2 class="title">Character representations</h2>
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<th>Sequence</th><th>Description</th>
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<td>\a</td><td>Alert (bell).</td>
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<td>\b</td><td>Backspace.</td>
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<td>\e</td><td>ESC character, \x1b.</td>
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<td>\n</td><td>Newline.</td>
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<td>\r</td><td>Carriage return.</td>
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<td>\f</td><td>Form feed, \x0c.</td>
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<td>\t</td><td>Horizontal tab, \x09.</td>
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<td>\v</td><td>Vertical tab, \x0b.</td>
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<td>\oct</td><td>Character specified by a three-digit octal code.</td>
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<td>\xhex</td><td>Character specified by a hex code.</td>
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<td>\cchar</td><td>Named control character.</td>
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