---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Parrot Raiser <1parr...@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2018 09:41:44 -0400 Subject: Re: escape codes To: ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com>
Those (\t & \n) aren't "escape characters", (though the \ is an escape, so you might classify t & n a "escaped"). I think the term you're looking for is "whitespace" characters. Although this https://perldoc.perl.org/perlglossary.html#whitespace is from the Perl 5 docs, it should still work.