Invalid Escape sequence java -

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• java doesn't work regex \s, says: invalid escape sequence 3 answers

i trying keeps give me error invalid escape format. trying remove backslash didn't work

private string chars = "(lp+" (\\w+)/\\d{3} \\d+ \\w+ \\s+\\s?\"?($|-|[\\w\\\\\.@]+)\"?")"; 

• string should have capital 's'
• you've missed esacaping couple of quotation marks.
• you have run of 5 backslashes, should either 4 or 6.

you probably want instead...

private string chars = "(lp+\" (\\w+)/\\d{3} \\d+ \\w+ \\s+\\s?\"?($|-|[\\w\\\\\\.@]+)\"?\")";