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Quiz: A backslash in the output

From the below strings, check those that will have precisely one backslash \ in the output if you print them.

0"Level\n\t2"
0"Level\n\nTwo"
1'Storey\nTwo'
1'Tab is \t'
0"Using a tab\there"
1"//\\\\"The output is //\
1'//\\\\'One backslash escapes the other here: //\.
1'\"'No escaping here, the string appears as is: \".

Comments

The main thing to look at here is the quotes. They determine the way the \-prefixed characters are escaped.

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