Index Question Java

[sick zealot]

does the t in \t and the n in \n count towards the index count??

[final jasper]

The first \ doesn't count

It's an escape character

\t is one char \\ is also one char (which is the slash char)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_character#:~:text=In computing and telecommunication%2C an,a particular case of metacharacters.

[sick zealot]

i never knew the special character after the escape counted towards the index wth

[coral stag]

because
'\t' == tab
'\n' == new line
'\' is a backslash

;compile java

import java.util.*;
public class M
{
 public static void main(String a[])
 {
  String a0 = "\tCS\n312:312";
  System.out.println( Arrays.asList(a0.split("")) );
  System.out.println(a0.indexOf('\\') );
  System.out.println(a0.charAt(7) );

  String a1 = "\tCS\n312\\312";
  System.out.println( Arrays.asList(a1.split("")) );
  System.out.println(a1.indexOf('\\') );
  System.out.println(a1.charAt(7) );
 }
}