Java String Quote quoteString(final String str)

Description

Surround the string with single quotes, and backquote any single quotes in the string.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
str	the input string

Return

the quoted string

Declaration

public static String quoteString(final String str) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

public class Main {
    /**/* w  ww  . j  a  v  a 2 s .  c  o  m*/
     * Surround the string with single quotes, and backquote any
     * single quotes in the string.
     * 
     * @param str the input string
     * @return the quoted string
     */
    public static String quoteString(final String str) {
        // Check the input
        if (str == null) {
            // It's null, so just return that
            return "null";
        }

        String outStr = str.replace("\"", "\\\"");

        if (outStr.contains("\n") || outStr.contains(",")) {
            outStr = "\"" + outStr + "\"";
        }

        return outStr;
    }
}

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