Java remove escape characters from string

Question

I have a string "http:\\/\\/i.ytimg.com\\/vi\\/0vxOhd4qlnA\\/maxresdefault.jpg" .

I want it like "http://i.ytimg.com/vi/0vxOhd4qlnA/maxresdefault.jpg" .

I tried almost everything available on stackoverflow to remove backslash or escape character, but nothing is working. I tried :

1) .replace("\\","")
2) .replaceAll("\\","")
3) .replace("\\\\/","/")
4) .replaceAll("\\\\/","/")

Thanks in advance! Manali

Answer 1

If you building the http string you can do as follows

System.out.println(httpString.replace('\\', '/'));

or if you want to get the http address from user use

        String httpString = "";
        Scanner scanner = new Scanner( System.in );
        System.out.print( "Enter the improper URL: " );
        httpString = scanner.nextLine();
        System.out.println(newString.replace('\\', '/'));