illegal space character

[memati bas]

Hi everyone,
While I am creating A File object, I encounter an compile error.

 File myFile = new File("C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0\bin");   

It says that I used an illegal character. How can I fix it ??

[Henry Wong]

With Java strings, the "\" is an escape character. When combined with the next character, it has special meaning. In your case, you actually want the backslash...

File myFile = new File("C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.5.0\\bin");

Henry

[tapan hoskeri]

The problem is with the single backslash characters used in the path you have specified. You will have to 'escape' the single backslash 'special character' with another backslash. The below line should work...

File myFile = new File("C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.5.0\\bin");