How to type in the file directory with backslashes?

Question

I'm trying to draw an image using Graphics2D in Java, but the path cannot be read because Illegal escape character in string literal

I am using this line of code:

g2.drawImage("C:\Users\User\Pictures\Untitled", playerX, playerY);

However, due to the backslashes in the path the path returns an error. How can I fix this?

Why? Use forward slashes. Java will fix them for you. – user207421 Jun 29 '22 at 04:57 — user207421, Jun 29 '22 at 04:57

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 20 '22 at 06:48

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Escape \ with \

g2.drawImage("C:\\Users\\User\\Pictures\\Untitled", playerX, playerY);

answered Apr 20 '22 at 06:48

Jens

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Ultimately that is not going to help - `Graphics2D` has no such method. Create an `Image` with `ImageIO.read` and make that the first argument. The path to `read` can be `"C:/Users/User/Pictures/Untitled"` (though an odd name for an image file) – g00se Apr 20 '22 at 07:50

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