regex for matching strings that have illegal filename characters.
- by cchampion
I been trying to figure out how this blasted regex for two hours!!! It's midnight I gotta figure this out and go to bed!!!
String str = new String("filename\\");
if(str.matches(".*[?/<>|*:\"{\\}].*")) {
System.out.println("match");
}else {
System.out.println("no match");
}
".*[?/<>|*:\"{\\}].*" is my regex expression. It catches everything correctly except the backslash!!! I need to know how to make it catch the backslash correctly please help!
FYI, the illegal characters i'm trying to catch are
? \ / < | * : "
I've got it working exception for the backslash
