characters
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character-constant

Syntax:
character-constant
'c-character'  

c-character
all chars except abostroph( ' ), Backslash( \ ) und Newline.  
escape-Sequenz  

escape-sequence
  simple-escape-sequence
  octal-escape-sequence
  hexadecimal-escape-sequence

simple-escape-sequence
  one of
  \' \" \? \\ \a \b \f \n \r \t \v

octal-escape-sequence
  \octal-digit
  \octal-digit octal-digit
  \octal-digit octal-digit octal-digit

hexadecimal-escape-sequence
  \xhexadecimal-digit
  hexadecimal-escape-sequence hexadecimal-digit

Sample:
c='X'  //normal character
c='\r' //Escape-Sequence for carriage return

Escape-Sequenz
ASCII- Wert
Zeichen
\\
92
backslash
\?
63
questionmark
\'
39
inverted comma
\"
34
quotation mark
\0
0
Null
\n
10
newline
\t
9
horizontaler Tab
\v
11
vertikaler Tab
\b
8
backspace
\r
13
carriage return
\f
12
formfeed
\a
7
alert