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How do I make a string with a ” character in it? (Java)

I am having trouble printing a string like this in java System.out.println("this is a "test""); How can I go about this?

Answer 1

This is what you are looking for:

System.out.println("this is a \"test\"");

The \ is called the escape character.

It is used to embed special characters into a String literal.

\n = newline

\t = tab

\f = form feed

\r = carriage return

\" = double quote

\\ = backslash

this is just a few of the special characters you can insert with an escape sequence.