What is the use of '\b' (backspace)
问题 I'm taking a Python class right now, and I just learned about the backspace character. Like newline (\n), backspace is a special character with ASCII code 8. My teacher couldn't think of a reason to use that, but I'm curious as to how it's used. Maybe just historical reasons? When I tried print("Hellow\b World") , I got just got what I expected: Hello World . What's the reason for the backspace character, and how might it be used? Edit: I am aware that it isn't python specific, but when