The backslash

• The backslash is used to quote characters in a that otherwise are special.

  print 'Don\'t give me bad beer!';

  $kind='bock';

  $beer='Festbock';

  print "<p class=\"$kind\">$beer</p>";

  // prints: <p class="bock">Festbock</p>

• The backslash itself is quoted as \\

  print "a \\ against beer consumption";

  // prints: a \ against beer consumption