Lua String Escape Characters

Note that the quoted multi-line string definition included a \n at the point where the string broke between lines. This is called an escape character (sometimes also called an "escape

Escape sequences are special combinations of characters that consist of a backslash \ followed by another character that defines the meaning of the escape. In this case, \n presents a newline character, which defined the point at which a string continues on the next line.

Lua strings support a variety of