Swift Strings: Special Characters
Use escape sequences inside strings: \n (newline), \t (tab), \" (quote), \\ (backslash).
Escapes
Escape special characters with backslashes to represent newlines, tabs, quotes, or backslashes themselves.
Example
clike
print("Hello\nSwift")
print("A\tB\tC")
print("\"quoted\"")
print("\\")
Multiline Strings
Use triple quotes """ for multiline string literals. Indentation before closing quotes is ignored.
Example
clike
let poem = """
Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
"""
print(poem)