Escape characters in Cucumber step definition

Question

I have following steps that I am using for Cucumber-jvm. How do I escape certain characters in my step definitions?

When user verifies if ABC widget exists
Then the 'The 7 Things $channel' label is displayed

In this case I need to escape 7 and $ as a regular string.

@DaveSchweisguth 7 or any other number has no numerical contextual value in my step. It is just a text label that needs to be verified. — nabster, May 13 '14 at 17:14
You mean that you want "7" and "$channel" to be parameters to the step? — Dave Schweisguth, May 13 '14 at 17:16
@DaveSchweisguth Nope not individual parameters just one string parameter as "The 7 Things $channel". Later in my code I do some string replacement between $channel with some other value. I guess '7' and '$' characters probably threw you off. — nabster, May 13 '14 at 17:20
Right, because digits aren't special in regexps. See if this edit makes sense ... — Dave Schweisguth, May 13 '14 at 17:29

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered May 13 '14 at 01:47

You could do this,

Then the /'The 7 Things $channel' label is displayed/

Corresponding Step def would be,

 @Then("^the /'The 7 Things \\$channel' label is displayed/$")
   public void the_The_Things_$channel_label_is_displayed() throws Throwable {
      System.out.println("hello");
   }

Escape characters in Cucumber step definition

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