Java Help - printing //////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\ in JAVA

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printing //////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\ in JAVA

Solar^

2007-02-20, 7:07 pm

Hope that someone can help. How does one print these reserved slashes
in Java?
Regards,
R. Stone

Ingo R. Homann

2007-02-20, 7:07 pm

Hi,

Solar^ wrote:
> Hope that someone can help. How does one print these reserved slashes
> in Java?
> Regards,
> R. Stone

Special chars like ', " and \ must be quoted in Java (sometimes (*)).
The quoting char is itself \.

So, to represent one \ you must use \\:

System.out.println("\\");
System.out.println('\');

See also:

System.out.println("\"");
System.out.println(''');
System.out.println("\n");
System.out.println('\n');
System.out.println("\t");
System.out.println('\t');

(*) But:

System.out.println("'");
System.out.println('"');

Hth,
Ingo

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