import java.util.regex.*; /** * Doing some tests of the regular expression classes */ public class PatternQuoteTest { public static void main( String[] args ) { System.out.println( Pattern.quote( "/^$/" ) ); System.out.println( Pattern.quote( "^$" ) ); try { System.out.println( Pattern.quote( "\\Q\\E^$" ) ); } catch(Exception e) { System.out.println( e.getMessage() ); } } }