How to enter quotes in a Java string?

Question

I want to initialize a String in Java, but that string needs to include quotes; for example: "ROM". I tried doing:

String value = " "ROM" ";

but that doesn't work. How can I include "s within a string?

Arleen

Without escaping quotes version: #3034686 – Simon

Answer 1

In Java, you can escape quotes with \:

String value = " \"ROM\" ";

Glister

Answer 2

In reference to your comment after Ian Henry's answer, I'm not quite 100% sure I understand what you are asking.

If it is about getting double quote marks added into a string, you can concatenate the double quotes into your string, for example:

String theFirst = "Java Programming";
String ROM = "\"" + theFirst + "\"";

Or, if you want to do it with one String variable, it would be:

String ROM = "Java Programming";
ROM = "\"" + ROM + "\"";

Of course, this actually replaces the original ROM, since Java Strings are immutable.

If you are wanting to do something like turn the variable name into a String, you can't do that in Java, AFAIK.

Gametogenesis

Answer 3

Not sure what language you're using (you didn't specify), but you should be able to "escape" the quotation mark character with a backslash: "\"ROM\""

Tabescent

Answer 4

\ = \\

" = \"

new line = \r\n OR \n\r OR \n (depends on OS) bun usualy \n enough.

taabulator = \t

Hawaii

Down-vote from me. This answer doesn't help address the original question any more thoroughly than the existing answers posted a year before this. – Tierell

Answer 5

Just escape the quotes:

String value = "\"ROM\"";

Keegan

Answer 6

In Java, you can use char value with ":

char quotes ='"';

String strVar=quotes+"ROM"+quotes;

Peek

Your code doesn't compile, you forgot the variable name. Also, your code is needlessly complex. This would do fine: String foo = quotes + "ROM" + quotes;. No need for all those extra "". – Tierell

Answer 7

Here is full java example:-

public class QuoteInJava {     

public static void main (String args[])
    {
            System.out.println ("If you need to 'quote' in Java");
            System.out.println ("you can use single \' or double \" quote");
    }
}

Here is Out PUT:-

If you need to 'quote' in Java
you can use single ' or double " quote

Brana

Answer 8

Look into this one ... call from anywhere you want.

public String setdoubleQuote(String myText) {
    String quoteText = "";
    if (!myText.isEmpty()) {
        quoteText = "\"" + myText + "\"";
    }
    return quoteText;
}

apply double quotes to non empty dynamic string. Hope this is helpful.

Killdeer

Answer 9

This tiny java method will help you produce standard CSV text of a specific column.

public static String getStandardizedCsv(String columnText){

    //contains line feed ?
    boolean containsLineFeed = false;
    if(columnText.contains("\n")){
        containsLineFeed = true;
    }

    boolean containsCommas = false;
    if(columnText.contains(",")){
        containsCommas = true;
    }

    boolean containsDoubleQuotes = false;
    if(columnText.contains("\"")){
        containsDoubleQuotes = true;
    }

    columnText.replaceAll("\"", "\"\"");

    if(containsLineFeed || containsCommas || containsDoubleQuotes){
        columnText = "\"" + columnText + "\"";
    }

    return columnText;
}

Decastere

result of columnText.replaceAll("\"", "\"\""); is ignored - needs to be columnText = columnText.replaceAll("\"", "\"\""); – Deluca

Answer 10

suppose ROM is string variable which equals "strval" you can simply do

String value= " \" "+ROM+" \" ";

it will be stored as

value= " "strval" ";    

Puryear

This does not answer the question any better that the accepted answer. Please don't go adding answers to old questions like this. It doesn't help. – Meilhac