Escape Characters are the symbols used to begin an escape command in order to execute some operation. They are characters that can be interpreted in some alternate way than what we intended to. Javascript uses ‘\‘ (backslash) in front as an escape character.
Our aim is that we want to print in the console like:
""Geeks" for "Geeks" is 'the' best 'platform'"
To print quotes, using escape characters we have two options:
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For single quotes
We can print quotes in the console using single and double quotes without using escape characters. But there is a restriction we can either print only single or double quotes. If the string is represented in single quotes then we can print only double quotes, and if the string is represented as single quotes then we can print double quotes inside it. Strings represented in single or double quotes are the same, with no difference.
Example: In this example, we will print single and double quotes in the console.
// Using single quotes for string let s1 = 'Geeks for Geeks' ;
// Using double quotes for string let s2 = "Geeks for Geeks" ;
// Both s1 and s2 are same console.log((s1 === s2)); // true
console.log(s1); // Geeks for Geeks
console.log(s2); // Geeks for Geeks
// Using single quotes to represent string // and double to represent quotes inside // string let str = '"Geeks" "FOR" Geeks' ;
console.log(str); // "Geeks" "FOR" Geeks
// Using double quotes to represent string // and single to represent quotes in string str = "'Geeks' \'FOR\' Geeks" ;
console.log(str); // 'Geeks' 'FOR' Geeks
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true Geeks for Geeks Geeks for Geeks "Geeks" "FOR" Geeks 'Geeks' 'FOR' Geeks
For double quotes
We are using \” for printing the double quotes in the console.
Example: Using escape sequences – If you have begun the quotes using \’ then you must end the quote also using \’ and vice versa.
// Using escape sequences - here you can // use single as well as double quotes // within the string to print quotation let str = 'Geeks \'FOR\' Geeks' ;
console.log(str); // Geeks 'FOR' Geeks
str = "Geeks \"FOR\" Geeks" ;
console.log(str); // Geeks "FOR" Geeks
str = '\'Geeks \"FOR\" Geeks\'' ;
console.log(str); // 'Geeks "FOR" Geeks'
str = "\ "\"Geeks\" for \"Geeks\" is \'the\' best \'platform\'\"" ;
console.log(str); // ""Geeks" for "Geeks" is 'the' best 'platform'"
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Geeks 'FOR' Geeks Geeks "FOR" Geeks 'Geeks "FOR" Geeks' ""Geeks" for "Geeks" is 'the' best 'platform'"