[FIXED] file handling in java error escape character

Issue

trying to register a new user and the login part is done only the registering im having issues. it says illegal escape character but run successfully

package register;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
public class Register {

   public static void main(String[] args)
      {
          try{
              File  newUser = new File ("C:\Users\Rohani\Desktop\Filehandling\newUser.txt"); //theres an error saying illegal escape char
              if (newUser.createNewFile()){
                  System.out.println("User created: " + newUser.getName());
              }else{
                  System.out.println("User already exist.");
              }
          } catch(IOException e ){
              System.out.println("An error has occured.");
          }
      }

Solution

The \ char is used for escaping in Java Strings.

You can use \\ instead of \ or use /.

Duplicate of:

Windows escape sequence issue with file path in java

Answered By - Francesc Montserrat