[SOLVED] Handling strings including " character

**flywheel** · 09-28-2008, 07:18 AM

Hello

I'm creating a small textmode program where I need to handle strings (String). Some of the strings will have to include the " character - an example : <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">

I have tried inserting doubles (An " for every " in the string) - but that does not seem to help - how on earth do I handle this ??

Many Thanks
flywheel

**Eranga** · 09-28-2008, 07:47 AM

You need to handle it as a escapes sequence. Replace " with \" in your application.

**racerxadam** · 09-28-2008, 09:04 AM

Java Code:

String testString = "<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN\">";

**Eranga** · 09-28-2008, 10:01 AM

In run time you have to replace them. It's possible to do in different ways.

Since Java 1.4 you can use replaceAll(original_string, replacing_string) to replace all occurrence of a string.

**flywheel** · 09-29-2008, 12:17 AM

Yes - thank you, just what I needed :)

Many thanks
flywheel

**Eranga** · 09-29-2008, 03:45 AM

You are welcome. :)

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