Problem with the "\" character.

Question

Hello
Why I can not compile the folowing source (very short) :
public class Test4 {
char tmp = '\u005C';
public static void main(String args[]){
the error is :
src/Test4.java:2: unclosed character literal
char tmp = '\u005C';
^
1 error
The problem is the same with javac and jikes.
FYI, the 005C is the "\" character. If I use an other one, no problem, I can compile and run the .class file.
Anyone can help me ?
Best regards from Bordeaux, France.
K96

Answer 1

ok, you're right. But, my problem is a little bit different :
I would like to replace the "\n" character (new line) by the 2 characters "\n".
I test this source code :
String tmp = "First line\nSecond line";
tmp.replaceAll("\n", "\u005C\u005Cn");
System.out.println(tmp);
tmp.replaceAll("\n", "\\n");
System.out.println(tmp);
tmp.replaceAll("\n", "\\\\n");
System.out.println(tmp);
The 3 results are the same :
First line
Second line
I never have "First line\nSecond line".
Best regards.
K96
PS : The objective is to write the string in a SQL request.