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How to replace single backslash(\) to double backslash(\\)

838492Feb 16 2011 — edited Feb 17 2011
Hi
I want to replace single backslash to double backslash from the string.
Code is here
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String data="File name :\n.txt;File name:\t.txt";
data = data.replace("\\","\\\\");
System.out.println("-->" +data);
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i tried to this code but its not working. Help me if anyone is know.

Please reply me asap.

Thanks
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