Format Specifier And Escape Sequence-:

Format Specifier

1- Format specifier are the combination of "%" and either a single or two alphabet in lowercase or uppercase,used to identifying the type of data.

2- Format specifier are used during input and output ,It is a way to tell the compiler what type of data  get stored while taking input using scanf(),and what type of data is displayed on the screen using printf().
Example-: In a C program,when we have to print an integer value,character and float value on console output screen we will write the below statements-:

    printf("The Integer value is %d",variable);

    printf("The Character is %c",variable);

    printf("The float Value is %f",variable);

Escape Sequence

An escape sequence is a sequence of character that does not represent itself when used inside a character or string constant but is translated into another character or a sequence of character that may be difficult to represent directly.

                      An escape sequence is used to format the output on the screen it is combination of "\" and a character[alphabet] in lowercase.

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