[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How can I escape list delimiter characters in property configuration? > > my.strings=silk,cotton # List of two strings > my.strings=silk,cott\,on # List of two strings again > my.strings=silk,cott,on # List of three strings > > However, escaping the list delimiter as above does not seem to work. > How can I accomplish what I am trying to do? > > Thanks, > > /U > The backslash is the correct escaping character. But AFAIK it is specially treated in Java properties files [1], so it has to be escaped itself by using a duplicate backslash:
my.strings = silk,cott\\,on HTH Oliver [1] http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Properties.html#load(java.io.Reader) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
