Question

PrintWriter out = 
 new PrintWriter("C:\Users\Slerig\Desktop\gnuplot\binary\cannonballOutput.txt");

This is my sample code. It is quite simple. It throws a “Invalid Escape Character” error because of the backslashes. How do I get around this? Programming in Java btw.

Answer 1

You’ll have to escape \ with \\ in your string (or use / instead)
Use

PrintWriter out = 
 new PrintWriter("C:\\Users\\Slerig\\Desktop\\gnuplot\\binary\\cannonballOutput.txt");