Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; public class Main { /** * <p>Effectively un-escapes a string, performs the reverse of {@link #escapeString(String)}.</p> * * @param text * @return {@link String} */ public static String unescapeString(String text) { String unescaped = text.replaceAll("\\\\n", "\n"); unescaped = unescaped.replaceAll("\\\\N", "\n"); unescaped = unescaped.replaceAll("\\\\\\\\", "\\\\"); unescaped = unescaped.replaceAll("\\\\,", ","); unescaped = unescaped.replaceAll("\\\\;", ";"); unescaped = unescaped.replaceAll("\\\\:", ":"); return unescaped; } }