How to enter quotes in a Java string?

JavaStringQuotesEscaping

Java Problem Overview


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?

Java Solutions


Solution 1 - Java

In Java, you can escape quotes with \:

String value = " \"ROM\" ";

Solution 2 - Java

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 - Java

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 - Java

\ = \\

" = \"

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

taabulator = \t

Solution 5 - Java

Just escape the quotes:

String value = "\"ROM\"";

Solution 6 - Java

In Java, you can use char value with ":

char quotes ='"';

String strVar=quotes+"ROM"+quotes;

Solution 7 - Java

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

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Solution 8 - Java

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.

Solution 9 - Java

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;
}

Solution 10 - Java

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

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

it will be stored as

value= " "strval" ";    

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