Backslashes in single quoted strings vs. double quoted strings

Question

If I add a backslash+space to the start of double and single quoted strings, I get different results:

\"\\ text\"
\'\\ text\' 

In the outpu

Answer 1

Double-quoted strings support the full range of escape sequences, as shown below:

• \a Bell/alert (0x07)
• \b Backspace (0x08)
• \e Escape (0x1b)
• \f Formford (0x0c)
• \n Newline (0x0a)
• \r Return (0x0d)
• \s Space (0x20)
• \t Tab (0x09)
• \v Vertical tab (0x0b)

For single-quoted strings, two consecutive backslashes are replaced by a single backslash, and a backslash followed by a single quote becomes a single quote:

'escape using "\\"' -> escape using "\"
'That\'s right'     -> That's right