Why String.replaceAll() in java requires 4 slashes “\\\\” in regex to actually replace “\”?

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You need to esacpe twice, once for Java, once for the regex.

Java code is

"\\\\"

makes a regex string of

"\\" - two chars

but the regex needs an escape too so it turns into

\ - one symbol

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