How to add symbol " to a String?

Question

Is it possible to add this symbol " to a String or print to console? I'm using it for my ImageIcon! file path thanks!

Down voters care to share a reason? Even if naive, this is a simple and direct question. If 'lack of research' is the reason, try finding a duplicate on SO. Even with `[java] [string] escape` I was not seeing obvious hits on the first page of results. And note of course that **`escape`** in that search was 90% of the answer. — Andrew Thompson, Jul 21 '14 at 11:36
@AndrewThompson Thanks Andrew I did use quite a reasonable amount of time researching for it but I am a newbie and I seriously can't find anything which helps. Cheers. :) — Scorpiorian83, Jul 21 '14 at 11:40
I don't doubt it for a moment. Anything involving `"` is difficult to search/research! Google ignores it completely. — Andrew Thompson, Jul 21 '14 at 11:41

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 21 '14 at 11:23

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Yes, you need to escape the character with \ for Java to understand it:

String quote = "\"";

answered Jul 21 '14 at 11:23

Andrew Stubbs

thanks oh by the way, where can i find information about this symbol stuff? :) – Scorpiorian83 Jul 21 '14 at 11:37
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The first official source I can find is: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/data/characters.html – Andrew Stubbs Jul 21 '14 at 11:39

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 21 '14 at 11:25

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To be able to include " in a Java String you need to escape it like this

String s = "this is a String containing \" which is escaped by backslash"

answered Jul 21 '14 at 11:25

user264230

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 21 '14 at 12:47

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Another way that was not mentioned here is the use of a char object.

String quote1 = (char)'"';
String quote2 = (char)34;

answered Jul 21 '14 at 12:47

ByteBit

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Jul 21 '14 at 11:30

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Did you mean How to print "Hello World" text on console? If yes then you can do that like this:

System.out.print("\"Hello World\"");

edited Jul 21 '14 at 11:30

Andrew Thompson

answered Jul 21 '14 at 11:28

NullPointer

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 21 '14 at 13:22

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String str="Prashant"+"*^%$#@!\" ";

answered Jul 21 '14 at 13:22

Prashant Kumar

score -1 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 21 '14 at 11:29

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you need to add before it the Escape character .

answered Jul 21 '14 at 11:29

Mahmoud Ismail

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