Reading a String Literally - Finding the "\" Character with a Regex

Question

How do I search for "\" characters in a string? Such as..
String text = "Temp\temp.txt";
The problem is that Java will read "\t" as a tab, so that
System.out.println(text);
Will return
Temp emp.txt
Also, searching for the regex "\\\\" will return a null result, presumably because Java interprets the "\t" as a tab character, not as a literal "\" followed by a literal "t".
How do I get Java to read the string without interpreting it?
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Try also this:
public static void main(String[] args) {
          String test1 = "String with a\\t which is not a tab but a t preceeded with a \\ character";
          String test2 = "String with a \t which is a tab";
          System.out.println("This are the Strings as user sees / enters them:");
          System.out.println(test1);
          System.out.println(test2);
          System.out.println("");
          System.out.println("***********************************************************");
          System.out.println("");
          System.out
                    .println("Splitting first string using a \\\\\\\\ regex which will be interpreted by the regex engine as \\\\ which will represent a \'\\\' character:");
          System.out.println("");
          for (String s : test1.split("\\\\")) {
               System.out.println(s);
          System.out.println("");
          System.out.println("***********************************************************");
          System.out.println("");
          System.out.println("Splitting the second string just the same way:");
          System.out.println("");
          for (String s : test2.split("\\\\")) {
               System.out.println(s);
     }and read the console output.
It should be:
This are the Strings as user sees / enters them:
String with a\t which is not a tab but a t preceeded with a \ character
String with a       which is a tab
Splitting first string using a \\\\ regex which will be interpreted by the regex engine as \\ which will represent a '\' character:
String with a
t which is not a tab but a t preceeded with a
character
Splitting the second string just the same way:
String with a       which is a tab