file path Windows format to java format

Question

I need to convert the file path in windows say C:\Documents and Settings\Manoj\Desktop for java as C:/Documents and Settings/Manoj/Desktop .

Is there any utility to convert like this.?

Answer 1

String path = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\Manoj\\Desktop"; path = path.replace("\\", "/"); // or path = path.replaceAll("\\\\", "/"); 

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Answer 2

String path = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\Manoj\\Desktop"; String javaPath = path.replace("\\", "/"); // Create a new variable 

or

path = path.replace("\\", "/"); // Just use the existing variable 

Strings are immutable. Once they are created, you can't change them. This means replace returns a new String where the target("\\") is replaced by the replacement("/"). Simply calling replace will not change path.

The difference between replaceAll and replace is that replaceAll will search for a regex, replace doesn't.