Golang Program to demonstrate the escape sequence characters

In the go programming language, there are several types of special escape sequence characters. Usage of each one of them implements a different type of functionality. We shall discuss each one of them one by one in the upcoming examples.

Example 1

In this example, we will write a go language program to demonstrate the backlash (//) character. It is used to display a slash in the output of the program.

package main
import "fmt"

func main() {
	fmt.Println("Program to display a backslash using in the program")
}

Output

Program to display a backslash using in the program\

Example 2

In this example, we will write a go language program to demonstrate the ascii bell character. It is displayed by \a escape character literal.

package main
import "fmt"

func main() {
    fmt.Println("Go landuage program to display an ASCII bell (BEL): \a")
}

Output

Go landuage program to display an ASCII bell (BEL): 

Example 3

In this example, we will write a go language program to demonstrate the line feed. It is displayed by \n escape character literal and is used to start a new line. The string/numbers that are written after this character come in a new line.

package main
import "fmt"

func main() {
	fmt.Println("Go landuage program to show a line feed. \nThis string will be displayed in a new line.")
}

Output

Go landuage program to show a line feed. 
This string will be displayed in a new line.

Example 4

In this example, we will write a go language program to demonstrate the carriage return. It is displayed by \r escape character literal and is used to start a new line. The difference between line feed and carriage return is that this return character gives a small space in the starting character of the new line.

package main
import "fmt"

func main() {
	fmt.Println("Go languaage program to display carriage return (CR): \r This is second statement and appears in the new line.")
}

Output

Go languaage program to display carriage return (CR): 
 This is second statement and appears in the new line.

Example 5

In this example, we will write a go language program to demonstrate the Horizontal tab. It is displayed by \t escape character literal and is used to give a space after the data where it is displayed.

package main
import "fmt"

func main() {
	fmt.Println("Go language program to display ASCII horizontal tab (TAB): \n This is second statement and appears after a space")
}

Output

Go language program to display ASCII horizontal tab (TAB): 
 This is second statement and appears after a space

Example 6

In this example, we will write a go language program to demonstrate the double quotations. It is displayed by " escape character literal and is used to encapsulate the data in the double quotations that is entered within it.

package main
import "fmt"

func main() {
   fmt.Println("Golang program to display Double quote string literal (?"this will come in quotations ?"): ")
}

Output

Golang program to display Double quote string literal ("this will come in quotations"):

Example 7

In this example, we will write a go language program to demonstrate Unicode escape sequence character. It is displayed by \u and is used to include hexadecimal digits within the program.

package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
	fmt.Printf("Go language program to display a Unicode code point (Heart): %c", '\u2665')
}

Output

Go language program to display a Unicode code point (Heart): ?

Example 8

In this example, we will write a go language program to demonstrate hexadecimal escape sequence character. It is displayed by \x and is used to represent a character by its hexadecimal code.

package main
import "fmt"

func main() {
	fmt.Printf("Go language program to show Hexadecimal escape sequence character (Star): %c", '\x2a')
}

Output

Go language program to show Hexadecimal escape sequence character (Star): *

Conclusion

We have successfully compiled and executed a go language program to demonstrate the escape sequence characters along with examples. In this article we have shown the shown different escape sequence literal characters along with their usage.