Java String Unescape unescapeString(String text)

Description

Effectively un-escapes a string, performs the reverse of #escapeString(String) .

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
text	a parameter

Declaration

public static String unescapeString(String text) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    /**/*from  w  ww  . ja v a 2  s  . co  m*/
     * <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;
    }
}

Related

1. unEscapeString(String str)
2. unescapeString(String string)
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6. unescapeString(String text)
7. unescapeString(String txt)
8. unescapeText(String s)
9. unescapeText(String s)