escape sequence

collocation in English

meaningsofescapeandsequence

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escape
noun
uk
/ɪˈskeɪp/us
/ɪˈskeɪp/
the act of successfully getting out of a place or a dangerous or ...
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sequence
noun
uk
/ˈsiː.kwəns/us
/ˈsiː.kwəns/
a series of related things or events, or the order in which they follow ...
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(Definition ofescapeandsequencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofescape sequence

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The scene was cut partly because it did not look realistic enough and partly because it slowed the pace of theescapesequence.
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When an escape character is inside a string literal, it means this is the start of theescapesequence.
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Anescapesequencecan be defined, using either a special local keystroke that is never passed on but always interpreted by the local system.
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The final stage involves anescapesequencewhere the player must navigate out of the alien's rectal cavity before the alien implodes.
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This is frequently done with some kind ofescapesequence.
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This term is also used to describe the control character orescapesequencewhich causes this action.
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The octalescapesequenceends when it either contains three octal digits already, or the next character is not an octal digit.
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This may be done directly via converting an integer literal to a character, or via anescapesequence.
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It is also used as anescapesequencefor some programming languages.
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After seeing the backslash, the compiler expects another character to complete theescapesequence, and then translates the escape sequence into the character it is intended to represent.
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The % signs mark holes that are to be instantiated; the marks $t (tab) and $b (backtab) are escape sequences that control prettyprinting.
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They are accordingly widely used in string literals, and adding anescapesequence(either to a single character or throughout a string) is known as escaping.
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Such documents are guaranteed to use proper nesting of elements, escape sequences and character encoding.
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As we said before, this data can be provided in several ways, depending on the system and the method used to invoke the form, and is encoded with escape sequences.
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Terminals usually support a set of escape sequences for controlling color, cursor position, etc.
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Help files are ordinary text files with terminal escape sequences to provide color highlights.
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Like termcap, some of the "string" capabilities represent escape sequences which may be sent to the host by pressing special keys on the keyboard.
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It also relies on the client to keep track of the terminal state and respond to escape sequences.
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Allowed escape sequences are n (new line), s (space) and (backslash).
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