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how to escape a semicolon

how do i escape a semicolon in string example String holdblankvalue="&nbsp\;"; i'm using weblogic i get the message invalid escape character or sequence any ideas thanks stephen
[246 byte] By [stephensutherland] at [2007-9-26 1:52:43]
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# 1
Why will String holdblankvalue=" ;"; not work for you ?In other words, why are you trying to escape the ;
neville_sequeira at 2007-6-29 3:02:52 > top of Java-index,Enterprise & Remote Computing,Web Tier APIs...
# 2
If you really like escaping things just for the fun of it you can use String holdblankvalue=" \u003b"; (or "\073") but that is not at all necessary. If you wanted to you could write "String holdblankvalue\u003d\u0022\u003b\u0022\u003B" etc...
jsalonen at 2007-6-29 3:02:52 > top of Java-index,Enterprise & Remote Computing,Web Tier APIs...
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