How to create a String with containing escape sequences in java without using StringEscapeUtils Class?

Question

I want to store "~ s/\n|\s+|.*?=|;//g;" in a string variable.

Can anyone help me in this. Thanks in advance.

possible duplicate of [Raw Strings in Java - for regex in particular](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1256667/raw-strings-in-java-for-regex-in-particular) — user158037, Jul 21 '15 at 14:14

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 21 '15 at 14:32

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You have to replace \ by \\ in a Java String literal. See https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/regex/literals.html (at the bottom).

That is

String regExp = "~ s/\\n|\s+|.*?=|;//g;";

should work.

answered Jul 21 '15 at 14:32

Christian Fries

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