java - Invalid escape sequence (valid ones are  f ” ' \ )" syntax error

Question

print(" $$$$$$           $$$$$        $$$$$$        $$   $$ "+newline+
      "$$  __$$          \__$$ |      $$  __$$       $$ |  $$ |"+newline+
      "$$ /  $$ |            $$ |      $$ /  $$ |      $$ $$  |"+newline+
      "$$$$$$$$ |            $$ |      $$$$$$$$ |       $$$$  /"+newline+
      "$$  __$$ |      $$   $$ |      $$  __$$ |       $$  $$< "+newline+
      "$$ |  $$ |      $$ |  $$ |      $$ |  $$ |      $$  /$$"+newline+
      "$$ |  $$ |      $$$$$$  |      $$ |  $$ |      $$ /  $$ |"+newline+
      "\__|  \__|       \______/       \__|  \__|      \__|  \__|"+newline);

Hi all ! I am just trying to add ascii art to my games gui, and I get this error? How do I resolve this?

Answer 1

The backslash character is an escape character in Java. The compiler thinks that you are attempting to escape the next character, and \_ is an invalid escape sequence. You need to escape the backslash itself. Replace every with \.