String Literals and Escapes

EscapeMeanings
\nNew line
\tTab
\bBackspace
\rCarriage return
\fForm feed
\\Backslash (\)
\'Escape single quote (')
\"Escape double quote (")
\xnnA character represented by hexadecimal code nn.
\unnnnA Unicode character represented by the hexadecimal code nnnn.
 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>String Example</title>
    <script type="text/javascript">
            document.writeln("\"");
            document.writeln('\'');
            document.writeln('\x42');
            document.writeln("\u03a3");
    </script>

</head>
<body>
  
</body>
</html>
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  4. null Type
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  6. Boolean Type
  7. Boolean() casting function
  8. The Literials of Number Type
  9. Octal Integer
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  12. Value range
  13. NaN
  14. Number Conversions:Number(), parseInt() and parseFloat()
  15. Number() function
  16. parseInt()
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  18. The String Type
  19. String Literals and Escapes
  20. Get the String Length
  21. Converting to a String with toString() method
  22. Convert Number to String with radix
  23. Convert to String with String() casting function