Here you can find the source of quote(String string, String charsToQuote)
charsToQuote in string by prepending a backslash.
public static String quote(String string, String charsToQuote)
//package com.java2s; /*// w ww. j a va2s. c o m * The MIT License (MIT) * * Copyright (c) 2010 Technische Universitaet Berlin * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN * THE SOFTWARE. */ public class Main { /** * Quotes characters <code>charsToQuote</code> in <code>string</code> by prepending a * backslash. */ public static String quote(String string, String charsToQuote) { char[] chars = string.toCharArray(); StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer(); for (int i = 0; i < string.length(); i++) { if (charsToQuote.indexOf(chars[i]) != -1) result.append('\\'); result.append(chars[i]); } return result.toString(); } }