Java String Escape addEscapeCharsToBackSlash(String code)

Description

Adds escape characters to all occurences of \.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
code	code

Return

code with escape characters

Declaration

public static String addEscapeCharsToBackSlash(String code) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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public class Main {
    /**
     * Adds escape characters to all occurences of <code>\</code>.
     *
     * @param code code
     * @return code with escape characters
     */
    public static String addEscapeCharsToBackSlash(String code) {
        if (code == null) {
            code = "";
        }

        // windows backslashes
        return code.replace("\\", "\\\\");
    }
}

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