Print a string variable with its special characters

Question

When I want to special characters in a string I should use "\":

std::string text("item \t new_item\n")

But, if I print this string, obviously, it will print:

item      new_item

Is there a way set std::cout to print all special characters:

item \t new_item \n

Answer 1

\t and \n will print a tab(4 white spaces) and a new line respectively.

If you want to print \t and \n as output. You have to add an extra \ as prefix before \t and \n.

std::string text("item \\t new_item \\n")