Replace “ with \”

Question

How do I replace \" with \\\".

Here is what im trying :

def main(args:Array[String]) = {      
  val line:String = \"replace \\\" quote\";
  println         


        

Answer 1

Use "replaceAllLiterally" method of StringOps class. This replaces all literal occurrences of the argument:

scala> val line:String = "replace \" quote"
line: String = replace " quote

scala> line.replaceAllLiterally("\"", "\\\"")
res8: String = replace \" quote