The following code example is taken from the book
Object-Oriented Programming in C++
by Nicolai M. Josuttis, Wiley, 2002
© Copyright Nicolai M. Josuttis 2002
/* special character
*/
#include <iostream> // declaration for input and output
int main () // main function main()
{
std::cout << "some special characters: \"\t\'\n\\\100\x3F\n" << std::endl;
}