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You have to understand that:<br />
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&quot;\\&quot; &nbsp;--&gt; means &quot;\&quot;<br />
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Backslash is a special character, so doing this:<br />
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&quot;\&quot; &nbsp;is incorrect syntax... Change it to &quot;\\&quot;<br />
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Or, use the @ sign before the quotation, then it is ok for you to not need to use double backslashes<br />
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@&quot;\&quot; &nbsp;is ok
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You have to understand that:

"\\"  --> means "\"

Backslash is a special character, so doing this:

"\"  is incorrect syntax... Change it to "\\"

Or, use the @ sign before the quotation, then it is ok for you to not need to use double backslashes

@"\"  is ok

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strtest.replace(@&quot;\\\\&quot;, @&quot;\&quot;);
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Thank you for the replies. &nbsp;<br />
strtest.replace(&quot;\\\\\\\\&quot;<wbr />, &quot;\\&quot;); was what i was looking for. <br />
I don't think @ works in java. &nbsp;Think i remember using that in .NET though<br />
Thanks
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Thank you for the replies.  
strtest.replace("\\\\\\\\", "\\"); was what i was looking for.
I don't think @ works in java.  Think i remember using that in .NET though
Thanks

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If a string contains \\\\ (4 backslashes) is there anyway to replace that string with \ (one backslash)?<br />
Tried the following:<br />
strtest.replace(&quot;\\\\&quot;, &quot;\&quot;) - unclosed String literal error<br />
strtest.replace(&quot;\\\\&quot;, &quot;\\&quot;) - hoped it would see the first back slash as an escape but replaces with 2 \\ <br />
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Thanks for any ideas.
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If a string contains \\\\ (4 backslashes) is there anyway to replace that string with \ (one backslash)?
Tried the following:
strtest.replace("\\\\", "\") - unclosed String literal error
strtest.replace("\\\\", "\\") - hoped it would see the first back slash as an escape but replaces with 2 \\ 

Thanks for any ideas.

Java String replace

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