using if statement

[droidus]

i am having errors with using this line of code:

if(c.equals("\")) {

i am guessing that the "\" is throwing it off?

[Fubarable]

Yes, you have to escape the \. Try:

if(c.equals("\\")) {

[droidus]

why does this return both values, when it should really end when it hits the first one?:

String test = "myName\nhithere\n";

String newSentence = "";

for(int i =0; i<test.length(); i++) {
char c = test.charAt(i);

if(c!='\\') {
newSentence = newSentence + test.charAt(i);
} else {
i=test.length();
}

}

System.out.println(newSentence);

[Rameshwar Soni]

I think here you are not comparing \ , but you are comparing \n
So instead of writing this '\\' in if-statement write '\n' and then compare.

[Norm]

why does this return both values, when it should really end when it hits the first one

please show what it does return.
What are "both values"?

The String you posted does not have the character: "\" in it. The compiler converts "\n" to a single line end character. Print the String: test and you will see.

[droidus]

i get:
myName
hiThere

and it wouldn't read it as a new line, would it, if it read each character at a time?

[Norm]

it wouldn't read it as a new line, would it, if it read each character at a time?

The new line character would be there if you read the String character by character. '\n' is a character.

[droidus]

oh, ok! that's good to know... thanks!