Escape Sequence

Hi,
I want to add extra '\' to file path
eg
User selects directory like C:\ABC\XYZ say, through Dialog Box
But I want to have the path as C:\\ABC\\XYZ

so that I can use the file path as shown below


new FileInputStream("C:\\ABC\\XYZ\\somefile")

How do I add the extra '\' ??

Why don't you use JFileChooser, directly?

I'm curious as to why you want to use two backslashes like that, but to answer your question it's as simple as using the escape sequence twice in succession. Like so:

Code:

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\\\\

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First, Masijade made a *really* good suggestion.

Second, you only escape characters in a String *literal*, for example, "This is a String literal."

The escape character is backslash. If you want a backslash in your String literal, use two backslashes. "This is a literal with a \\." comes out

This is a literal with a \.

In your example, the user already entered the String, so there is no need to escape any characters; escape is for literals only.

In addition, Java allows slashes for Windows file paths. Use slashes unless you absolutely have to use backslashes; file paths don't need them.

Firstly.
you can always do this manually
Secondly.
you may analyze the string by code to get any "\" and add another "\" to it )
Thirdly.
you can use JFileChooser which gets an absolute file path )

ANd remember that Java can read or write files starting right from it's mother folder ) if you write code like a:
new FileInputStream("MyApplicationFolder/MyFile.txt"); that won't be mistake )


But maybe you don't want GUI for your program. Am I right?