assigning special characters such as " in java

Question

How can I assign this string in a Java String?

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

thanks

See [What are all the escape characters in Java?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1367322/what-are-all-the-escape-characters-in-java) — Matthew Flaschen, May 16 '10 at 20:30
If applicable on your environment, rather use a view technology like JSP. — BalusC, May 16 '10 at 20:42
You could have at least tried searching for the answer first. — mk12, May 16 '10 at 20:45
Thanks Matthew, I wasn't aware of the term "escape characters" — Noona, May 16 '10 at 21:20

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered May 16 '10 at 20:25

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String s = "<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN\" \"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd\">";

i.e. replace the " characters with the escaped form, \"

answered May 16 '10 at 20:25

skaffman

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 16 '10 at 20:43

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You could also use single quotes instead of double quotes. Then it wouldn't be an issue.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN' 'http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd'>

answered May 16 '10 at 20:43

Winter

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 18 '10 at 04:22

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And you may read the string from an external source like a file, a database or from a JTextField or something similar. Maybe from an Url. :)

answered May 18 '10 at 04:22

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