title: Java equivalent of C#'s verbatim strings with @
body: <p>Quick question. Is there an equivalent of @ as applied to strings in Java:</p>
  
  <p>For example I can do <code>@"c:\afolder\afile"</code> in C# and have it ignore the escape characters when processing instead of having to do <code>"c:\\afolder\\aFile"</code>. Is there a Java equivalent?</p>
  
  <p>hmmm: stackoverflow is escaping on me .. lol. The second example should read:</p>
  
  <p>c:(double-backslash)afolder(double-backslash)aFile</p>