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Asked: May 13, 20262026-05-13T09:26:30+00:00 2026-05-13T09:26:30+00:00

A bit of a dumb one… but how do I get a variable of

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A bit of a dumb one… but how do I get a variable of type char to have a value of '?

e. g.

char c = ''';
char a = 'A';
char b = 'B';
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    2026-05-13T09:26:30+00:00Added an answer on May 13, 2026 at 9:26 am
    char c = '\'';
    

    the backslash is called an escape character.

    and if you want a backslash it’s

    char c = '\\';
    

    Here’s some more for good measure:

    • \t – tab
    • \n – new line
    • \uXXXX – where XXXX is the hexadecimal value of a unicode character
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