How do I escape # character in value field in properties file

Asked Jan 19 '16 at 08:50

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I have a value in the properties file for a key as show below :

mykey = my#value

I have a trouble in reading the value after "#", I think it is treated as a comment.

I have tried using '\' to escape but it's not working.I have checked the previous post here and that was to escape space and : this is different as # is also used to represent comment,But I need # as a value.

edited Jan 19 '16 at 09:04

asked Jan 19 '16 at 08:50

day_dreamer

yeah for property file #is used as comment. You can use any other character instead of # – Anoop LL Jan 19 '16 at 08:54
This is NOT a dup of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17111403 - that question asks about special characters in the key, this is about escaping # in the value. – Jim Garrison Jan 19 '16 at 08:55
@ Anoop LL I can't it's a password and that is of third party system Which I do not have a control on so I can't use any other character – day_dreamer Jan 19 '16 at 08:55
Try a unicode escape sequence `\u0023` – Jim Garrison Jan 19 '16 at 08:59
\\# is working thanks all – day_dreamer Jan 19 '16 at 09:10

How do I escape # character in value field in properties file

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