Java equivalent to C#'s @ symbol for escaping \

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Java equivalent of C#'s verbatim strings with @

An example in C# would be:

string path = @"C:\myfile.txt";

Another example is the answer to this question.

`String path = "C:\\myfile.txt";` Escape with another backslash. — rossum, Aug 14 '11 at 09:36
see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2673855/java-equivalent-of-cs-verbatim-strings-with — Johan Tidén, Aug 14 '11 at 09:39

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 14 '11 at 09:39

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There is nothing equivalent to the @ symbol in Java - you must escape each and every backslash in a String literal.

answered Aug 14 '11 at 09:39

Christian Semrau

which makes sense... backslashes are, after all, a quite windows "centric" thing - forward slashes appear more often, I think (and you can actually simply replace backslashes with slashes) – Tedil Aug 14 '11 at 11:08

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 14 '11 at 09:36

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String path = "C:\\myfile.txt";
// or "C:/myfile.txt";
// or "C:" + System.getProperty("file.separator") + "myfile.txt";

answered Aug 14 '11 at 09:36

Eng.Fouad

yes, I know this, I meant, anything as convinient as @ rather than escaping with double \ – wulfgarpro Aug 14 '11 at 09:38
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I don't think so there is such thing in java – Eng.Fouad Aug 14 '11 at 09:39

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