Why we use escape sequences and which escape sequences are available in Python. Compile a list (At least 10) of each of these with a short description of their functions.

               

           Well, before we get to why, we must know what an escape sequence is in Python. In python the backslash is “\” is what is known as the escape and the sequence represents certain whitespace character. In detail we use it because Escape sequence is two or more than two character which mostly begin with escape character (\). This escape character gives special instruction to the interpreter in python to perform some function or command to be precise.

Here is list of examples gotten from the source below. It helps us understand how each sequence works and benefits every user.

Escape Sequence	Description	Example	Output
\\	Prints Backslash	print "\\"	\
\`	Prints single-quote	print "\'"	'
\"	Pirnts double quote	print "\""	"
\a	ASCII bell makes ringing the bell alert sounds ( eg. xterm )	print "\a"	N/A
\b	ASCII backspace ( BS ) removes previous character	print "ab" + "\b" + "c"	ac
\f	ASCII formfeed ( FF )	print "hello\fworld"	hello          world
\n	ASCII linefeed ( LF )	print "hello\nworld"	hello world
\N{name}	Prints a character from the Unicode database	print u"\N{DAGGER}"	†
\r	ASCII carriage return (CR). Moves all characters after ( CR ) the the beginning of the line while overriding same number of characters moved.	print "123456\rXX_XX"	XX_XX6
\t	ASCII horizontal tab (TAB). Prints TAB	print "\t* hello"	* hello
\t	ASCII vertical tab (VT).	N/A	N/A
\uxxxx	Prints 16-bit hex value Unicode character	print u"\u041b"	Л
\Uxxxxxxxx	Prints 32-bit hex value Unicode character	print u"\U000001a9"	Ʃ
\ooo	Prints character based on its octal value	print "\043"	#
\xhh	Prints character based on its hex value	print "\x23"	#
	LinuxConfig.org

Source : https://linuxconfig.org/list-of-python-escape-sequence-characters-with-examples