Question

Identify the false statement.

a. An escape sequence always begins with a backslash followed by a character; the pair represents a single character.
b. To store a string of characters, you use a data structure called a Text; string constants are written between parentheses.
c. You use the char data type to hold any single character; you place constant character values within single quotation marks.

Answer 1

The false statement is (b), which incorrectly states that strings are stored in a data structure called Text and that string constants are written between parentheses. The correct practice is using the String data type and double quotation marks for string constants.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student has posed a question about identifying which one among the given statements about programming and data types is false:

• a. An escape sequence always begins with a backslash followed by a character; the pair represents a single character.
• b. To store a string of characters, you use a data structure called a Text; string constants are written between parentheses.
• c. You use the char data type to hold any single character; you place constant character values within single quotation marks.

The false statement among these is (b). The correct concept is that to store a string of characters, you typically use a data type called a String (not Text), and string constants are written between double quotation marks (not parentheses).

Statements (a) and (c) are correct descriptions of an escape sequence and the use of the char data type in many programming languages such as Java and C++.