Converting newline character in char array to string?

Question

   char[] charArray = {'\n'};
   String str = String.valueOf(charArray);
   System.out.println(str);

So I want to obtain a string of the newline character that is in the array. However, with this code, the output is simply a blank space. How can I get String str= "\n" ?

clarify a bit you want to print \n on screen or replace new line character from input with \n on screen? — user4580220
– user4580220, Commented Nov 3, 2015 at 2:29
I simply want to print out "\n" not as actual whitespace but as if i was printing any other string like "hi" — pythonbeginner4556
– pythonbeginner4556, Commented Nov 3, 2015 at 2:31

ControlAltDel · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-03 03:02:20Z

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'\n' is the encoding for a newline character. Perhaps you want:

String str = "\\n"

or perhaps you want

char[] charArray = {'\\','n'};
String str = String.valueOf(charArray)

edited Nov 3, 2015 at 3:02

answered Nov 3, 2015 at 2:26

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pythonbeginner4556 Over a year ago

Yes, that is correct. Going to edit that in the original post

pythonbeginner4556 Over a year ago

So that means I can't use valueOf(charArray) because that immediately interprets the newline as whitespace (as it should)

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