18.1.2 Characters

8-bit unsigned integers can use an alternative literal notation that is useful when working with ASCII character codes. Printable character codes can be denoted with 'c'.

Non-printable characters can be expressed using escape-sequences. The allowed sequences are:

\n

New-line character (ASCII 012).

\t

Tab character (ASCII 011).

\\

The backslash character.

\[0-9][0-9]?[0-9]?

Character whose ASCII code is the specified number, in octal.

Examples:

'o'
'\n'
'\t'
'\\'
'\0'

The type of a character literal is always char, aka uint<8>.