What is the output of the following code and why? #python 3

Question

print("\")
print("\\")
print("\t")
print("\\t")
print("\\\t")

Answer 1

Go to Sololearn's playground and paste the code there to see the output.

Answer 2

Error Line 1.

Answer 3

Thanks ✌🏼

Answer 4

I know the output... Of each line, but it's confusing to understand escape sequences

Answer 5

The first line throws an error, because backlashes in a string are used for special characters, such as "\n" means new line.

"\\" will print only one \

Read this: https://docs.python.org/2.0/ref/strings.html

Answer 6

You got a error in first line beacouse backslace is use as a special symbol that's why you got a error