enter String inside a another string quotes

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I need to use a string something like this

String x = "return "My name is X" ";

We can see the issue is first and second quotes wll be treated as a String in itself , but actually first and last quote should form 1 string , while 2nd and 3rd quotes should form another string inside that.

Any solution for this?

String x = "return \"My name is X\" "; – Eran Aug 21 '14 at 16:13 — Eran, Aug 21 '14 at 16:13
What you need is escape chars – Germann Arlington Aug 21 '14 at 16:13 — Germann Arlington, Aug 21 '14 at 16:13

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 21 '14 at 16:14

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Escape the quotes or use String concatenation like

String x = "return \"My name is X\" ";

or

String x = "return " + '"' + "My name is X" + '"' + " ";

answered Aug 21 '14 at 16:14

Elliott Frisch

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This doesnt work String x = "return "My name is X " "; Any idea why this doesnt work? – Alok Sep 03 '14 at 12:48
@user3417179 Java is not a web-browser, and will not read HTML entity values as characters – Elliott Frisch Sep 03 '14 at 12:57

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 21 '14 at 16:14

You just need to escape the double-quote within the string literal:

String x = "return \"My name is X\" ";

There are other characters which can be escaped like this too - for example:

String tab = "before\tafter";

(That's "before", then a tab, then "after".)

See the JLS section 3.10.6 for all escape sequences.

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