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Invalid escape sequence (valid ones are \b \t \n \f \r \" \' \\ )

807600Jul 13 2007 — edited Jul 13 2007

when I try to create a new file using:

File file = new File("C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\Eclipse Workspace\CH10_BasicIO\ch10\datafile1");

I get the following error:
- Invalid escape sequence (valid ones are \b \t \n \f \r \" \' \\ )

Why isn't what I'm sending as an argument a valid pathname?

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