\ Reverse Solidus
U+005C
\
ℹ️ About
The Reverse Solidus (U+005C), commonly known as the backslash, is a fundamental character in modern computing. It serves as the standard directory separator in Windows file systems and is the universal escape character in programming languages like C, JavaScript, and Python. In Regular Expressions, it is used to suppress the special meaning of metacharacters.
⚠️ Note: Do not confuse with / (U+002F – Solidus/Forward Slash) or ∣ (U+2223 – Divides).
⚡ Codes
HTML
\
CSS
\005C
Python
"\\"
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