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?

Solution 1

In Java, you can escape quotes with \:

String value = " \"ROM\" ";

Solution 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.

Solution 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\""

Solution 4

\ = \\

" = \"

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

taabulator = \t

Solution 5

In Java, you can use char value with ":

char quotes ='"';

String strVar=quotes+"ROM"+quotes;

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Comments

[Duncan Jones]

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.

[Duncan Jones]

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 "".

[Stephen C]

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.