How to write to a File and add "'s and )'s

Question

I'm writing to a file using BufferedWriter and when I enter this code

bfW.write("System.out.println("YOUR NEW PROGRAM IS COMPLETED");");

and it gives me this error:

 File_writer.java:93: error: ';' expected                  
 bfW.write("System.out.println("YOUR NEW PROGRAM IS COMPLETED");");

How do I fix this?

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 22 '14 at 19:28

8

You need to escape the double-quotes:

bfW.write("System.out.println(\"YOUR NEW PROGRAM IS COMPLETED\");");

answered Jul 22 '14 at 19:28

M A

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 22 '14 at 19:29

3

bfW.write("System.out.println(\"YOUR NEW PROGRAM IS COMPLETED\");");

So if you want to define a String which contains "", you do it in this way:

String s = "I am a string with \"\"";

s will be:

I am a string with ""

answered Jul 22 '14 at 19:29

betteroutthanin

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 22 '14 at 19:31

0

You are trying to write what to the file? "YOUR NEW PROGRAM IS COMPLETED"?

Then the code should be:

bfW.write("YOUR NEW PROGRAM IS COMPLETED");

answered Jul 22 '14 at 19:31

ViniciusPaiva

that's not what OP asked. As the title says : *How to write to a File and add "'s and )'s*, OP wants to know how to write " or ) characters – GameDroids Jul 22 '14 at 19:32

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