What does" /t " do?

I remember that I saw a code that had something like this..

Code:

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cout << "something_Here" << "/t" << endl;

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what does " /t " do ??

I'll look for that code in my computer, maybe I can post it..

Thanks!

If it's '\t' that you are talking about then it's a tab.

\t prints out a tab which is an undefinable ammount of space that aligns the next section of output to a horizontal tab on the screen.

oh.. ok , I think you're right, it's " \t "

but that's only used in GUI, right?

I've never used tab in console..


Thanks for your reply;)

Its used in console too.

Code:

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cout<<"a\tb"<<endl;

Outputs
a        b

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Thanks Xsquared!

you explained it all!

Special characters that begin with '/' are called escape characters, and just insert formatting commands. Some insert a new line, some go to the beginning of the new line, and /t is just one of those. I actually think that it may be used more in console than in GUI.

Sean means \, not /
A couple common ones are
\t
\n
\\
and \% (not sure about this one...is that right?)

\% is not an escape sequence.

\t horizontal tab, \n newline, \r carriage return, some other escape sequences. Escape sequences insert either ASCII characters or formatting characters.