usage of “\” in C?

Question

I was looking over this code, but i was unable to figure out why the usage of \"\\\" after the && operator?

if ((*(u32*)(kaddr + 0x64) == *(u32*)(kad         


        

Answer 1

The backslash is not needed, unless this is part of a #define.

From the C specification §5.1.1.2

Each instance of a backslash character (\) immediately followed by a new-line character is deleted, splicing physical source lines to form logical source lines.

But it's not needed since the C language doesn't require that an if statement be placed on a single line.