Java String Unescape unescape(String escaped)

Description

Unescape all escape sequences in string (strip one level of backslashes).

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
escaped	The string to unescape

Return

A string with one level of escaping backslashes stripped.

Declaration

public static String unescape(String escaped) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    /**/* w  w w.  j a va  2 s  .co  m*/
     * Unescape all escape sequences in string (strip one level of backslashes).
     * An escape sequence always consists of two characters on the form "\ <anychar>".
     * @param escaped The string to unescape
     * @return A string with one level of escaping backslashes stripped.
     */
    public static String unescape(String escaped) {
        char[] source = escaped.toCharArray();
        char[] dest = new char[source.length];
        int j = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < source.length; i++) {
            if ((source[i] != '\\') || (i > 0 && source[i - 1] == '\\')) {
                dest[j++] = source[i];
            }
        }
        return new String(dest, 0, j);
    }
}

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