Question

"Hint: A backslash \ in a string acts as an escape character, such as with a newline \n. So, to print an actual backslash, escape that backslash by prepending another backslash. Ex: The following prints a single backslash: printf("\\");"

Answer 1

Answer:

True

Explanation:

The \ is an escape character, is a way to indicate to the compiler that the following characters are special; if you want to print an actual \ you need to use two, one after the other one, in the printf function. But what exactly happens if you try to print just one \

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()

{

   printf ("\");

}

This will produce an error that prevents you from compiling:

main.cpp:15:13: warning: missing terminating " character

    printf ("\");

            ^

main.cpp:15:13: error: missing terminating " character