escape character concept from the Java knowledge base

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escape character

subject fact

escape character is a subtopic of Literals 2001-10-19 11:36:40.0
is an instance of char added by: JK, source: On To Java, 2001-10-19 11:36:40.0
is an instance of character literal added by: JK, 2001-10-19 11:36:40.0
is denoted by '\'

char can be used in a switch statement because a char is an integral type 2001-10-19 11:36:18.0
can use basic arithmetic operators +, -, *, / and %
contains 2 bytes
has size 2 bytes
see also Character class

character literal can be any single Unicode character 2001-10-19 11:36:19.0
has example 'A'

value
if a value is assigned to a variable
then the value must have the same type as the variable
or the value must have a type that is a subtype of the variable's type
2001-10-19 11:38:12.0
has a format
has a size in bytes

syntactic unit has syntax rule
bold = mandatory
italic = non-terminal
normal font = optional
2001-10-19 11:38:04.0

escape character	is a subtopic of Literals
	is an instance of char
	is an instance of character literal
	is denoted by '\'
char	can be used in a switch statement because a char is an integral type
	can use basic arithmetic operators +, -, *, / and %
	contains 2 bytes
	has size 2 bytes
	see also Character class
character literal	can be any single Unicode character
character literal	has example 'A'
value	if a value is assigned to a variable then the value must have the same type as the variable or the value must have a type that is a subtype of the variable's type
	has a format
	has a size in bytes
syntactic unit	has syntax rule bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional