Escape sequence - Character in hexadecimal \x.. \x{..}
Q
What is the escape sequence for a character written in hexadecimal format?
How to write a regular expression to capture the escape (Backslash) \ character in a string like: \x5C
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A
The escape sequence for any character in hexadecimal format is '\x..' or \x{..}, '..' is the 2 hexadecimal digits. For example:
\x33 - matches '3' character
\x0D - matches the Carriage Return character
\x{0A} - matches the Line Feed character
The regular expression to capture the escape \ character is:
\x5C
\x5C - matches the Backslash character \ using hexadecimal digits
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