Usage of \b and \r in C -

\ b and \ r rarely used in practice I just got to know that I misunderstood these two escape sequences. A simple test:

  printf ("foo \ bbar \ n");   
 I hope this output will be for the  FOP , because  \ b  will return a backspace to the cursor, and  b < / Code> overwrites the second  o , but instead it outputs:  foobar   
 same  \ r  With:  
  printf ("foo \ rbar \ n");   
 I thought that  \ r  will move the cursor at the beginning of the current line, so  bar  to  foo , so the final output should be  bar . However, it actually outputs:  
  foo bar    
 
 
 characters will be sent directly in the same way as the built-in output device (in your case the terminal emulator).  
 This is dependent on the implementation of the terminal, so these characters are actually displayed. For example, a bell ( \ a ) can trigger a beep on some terminals, flashs on each other on the screen or it will be completely ignored. It all depends on how the terminal is configured.