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CHAPTER 2
Understanding the ironPython Basics
FIgURE 2-16: 
IronPython tracks data type and performs conversions automatically as needed.
TAblE 2-1: 
IronPython Common Escape Codes
ESCAPE CodE 
MEANINg 
ExAMPlE
\‘ 
Single quote (‘)
‘\‘’
\“ 
Double quote (“)
‘\“‘
\\ 
Backslash (\)
‘\\‘
\a 
American Standard Code for Information 
Interchange (ASCII) Bell (BEL) — produces a beep
‘\a’
\b 
ASCII Backspace (BS)
‘\b’
\f 
ASCII Formfeed (FF)
‘\f’
\n 
ASCII Linefeed (LF)
‘\n’
\ooo 
Character with octal value ooo. You may provide 
up to three octal sequences, just as you would 
when working with C.
‘\243’ produces the pound 
monetary symbol
\r 
ASCII Carriage Return (CR)
‘\r’
\t 
ASCII Horizontal Tab (TAB)
‘\t’
\uxxxx 
Character with 16-bit hexidecimal value xxxx.
This escape sequence only works with Unicode 
characters. You can combine character sequences 
to obtain a particular complex character.
u’\u00F7’ produces the
division symbol
\Uxxxxxxxx 
Character with 32-bit hex value xxxxxxxx. This 
escape sequence only works with Unicode char-
acters. Characters outside the Basic Multilingual 
Plane (BMP) are encoded using a surrogate pair 
when you compile Python for 16-bit use.
u’\U000000BD’
produces 
1
⁄
2
\v 
ASCII Vertical Tab (VT)
‘\v’
\xhh 
Character with hex value hh. You must provide 
precisely two values, as shown in the example.
‘\xA2’ produces the
cent sign
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