escape character prints as \single quote \double quote \ tab \ newline (line break\backslash enter the following into the interactive shellprint("hello there!\nhow are you?\ni\' doing fine "hello therehow are youi' doing fine raw strings you can place an before the beginning quotation mark of string to make it raw string raw string completely ignores all escape characters and prints any backslash that appears in the string for exampleenter the following into the interactive shellprint( 'that is carol\' cat 'that is carol\' cat because this is raw stringpython considers the backslash as part of the string and not as the start of an escape character raw strings are helpful if you are typing string values that contain many backslashessuch as the strings used for windows file paths like ' :\users\al\desktopor regular expressions described in the next multiline strings with triple quotes while you can use the \ escape character to put newline into stringit is often easier to use multiline strings multiline string in python begins and ends with either three single quotes or three double quotes any quotestabsor newlines in between the "triple quotesare considered part of the string python' indentation rules for blocks do not apply to lines inside multiline string open the file editor and write the followingprint('''dear aliceeve' cat has been arrested for catnappingcat burglaryand extortion sincerelybob'''manipulating strings