Escape character in LaTeX

Question

I need to output the below text but since \ is a special character, I cannot:

[RegularExpression(@"\d+")]

Also sometimes I need use dollar sign $ as well but it seems to be a special char, too.

What is the way to escape those in LaTeX?

UPDATE:

I used \verb as suggested but I am unable to run commands inside it. Also, in the output the font and the opacity of the text is different than the default one:

\verb|[RegularExpression(\newline @"\d+")]|

Answer 1

(This is fairly basic stuff, but perhaps it's worth repeating it.)

The following ten characters have special meanings in (La)TeX:

& % $ # _ { } ~ ^ \

Outside \verb, the first seven of them can be typeset by prepending a backslash; for the other three, use the macros \textasciitilde, \textasciicircum, and \textbackslash.

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

\& \% \$ \# \_ \{ \}

\textasciitilde

\textasciicircum

\textbackslash

\end{document}

Note that the seven "single non-letter" macros don't gobble the space following them.

Answer 2

Usually text like that is typeset in typewriter type and so there's a slick way to arrange it

\verb|[RegularExpression(@"\d+")]|

After \verb should go a character that's not used in the text to print "verbatim" and the same character should follow the text.

This command has a drawback: it can't be used in the argument of other commands.

There's a second "solution" which can come handy if it's needed a limited number of times:

\texttt{[RegularExpression(@"\string\d+")]}

where commands inside the argument to \texttt are allowed. It's not even necessary to use \texttt:

\textsf{[RegularExpression(@"\string\d+")]}

will work as well (when T1 font encoding is active) and will print the string in sans serif type.