Missing semicolon error when there really is one

[svan]

Any of you Windows users know why this returns an error when it clearly has a semicolon:

cmdStr = "C:\Users\s\.venv\Scripts\py5-run-sketch.exe";

Error:

What can I do to get around it?

[GoToLoop]

The \ can be interpreted as an escape character inside "".
Safest way is to do a double \\ if you meant an actual \.

[svan]

Thanks. Never would have thought to use double back slashes for each one. It works now.

[glv]

Hello folks!

For visitors to topic.

The backslash \ is an escape character and not the only one!

Issues with it come up and it is worthy of adding to a checklist when coding or otherwise!

Adding some related references to the topic.

References:

• String / Reference / Processing.org
• Escape character - Wikipedia
• Escape sequence - Wikipedia
• Markup language - Wikipedia
• Backslash vs Forward Slash: Key Differences in Grammar and File Paths – WP Maintenance

It comes up in topics and worth putting on a checklist:

• Having problems with split for directories - #15 by glv
• JavaFX GIF Player Discussion - #7 by glv
• Processing 3 Escaping Regex Characters - #2 by glv
• Can I use part of Processing source code in my code? - #12 by Architector_4

From the last link above this is a screen grab (image):

This is what happens to the text when you quote it and paste it:

@Architector_4

P.S. When writing this comment, for “\” I had to write “\\” to make an escape sequence for this comment to write an escape sequence for Java’s string constant that contains an escape sequence to the regex filter!

Same thing happened to me!

:)