Java Escape / Java Unescape Tool

How Java Escapes Special Characters and Control Characters

Java escape tool converts Java to string online by escaping special reserved characters. Additionally, it also unescapes string to reverse the transformation. Generally, escape characters replace existing characters with new & provided characters, which works best without throwing any error at runtime. Escapes characters of a UTF-8 encoded Unicode string using Java-style escape sequences. The utility escape plain Java to escaped html which helps to show html text in Java in <pre> tag.

How does Java Escape Work?

• Type, paste, or upload your text data into the input box.
• Click 'Escape'  or 'Unescape' your code.
  Java Escape or Java Unescape converter
• After you have converted your data, you can "Download" or "Copy to Clipboard".
• You can paste the code into your source code or text file.

What Characters are Replaced?

When you have a Java string and need to work with it you will need to encode the string to allow parsing.
The following characters are reserved in Java and need to be correctly escaped for use in strings:

• Tab is replaced with \t
• Backspace is replaced with \b
• Form feed is replaced with \f
• Newline is replaced with \n
• Carriage return is replaced with \r
• Double quote is replaced with \"
• Backslash is replaced with \\

All other characters passes through unchanged. Generally, alphanumeric characters 'a' through 'z, '0' through '9' remain the same.

Java Escape Example

Plain Java Before:

public class CallingMethodsInSameClass
{
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    printOne();
    System.out.println("Hello World");
  }
}

Escape Java After:

public class CallingMethodsInSameClass\n{\n  public static void main(String[] args) 
{\n    printOne();\n    System.out.println(\"Hello World\");\n  }\n}