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Consider the following simple program public static void main(String[] args) { String slash = "\\"; String quotes = "\""; System.out.println(slash + quotes); } Put a breakpoint on the last line, start the debugger and look at Variables view. The Value column shows "\\" for 'slash' variable and """ for 'quotes' variable, i.e., the first escape sequence is left intact while the second (\") is replaced by " for some reason. When you press the '...' button of Value cell (or when you click into the cell) then the slash value is displayed as "\" and the quotes value is displayed as """. These values doesn't make sense. They are neither String literals (like "\\" and "\"") nor the actual values (like \ and ").
For the sake of completeness: the strange values (like "\" and """) are shown also in tooltips of the Value cell while the tooltips in the editor show the actual values (like \ and ").
Thanks for catching this.
Fixed by changeset: 262624:95aa20e851b5 http://hg.netbeans.org/core-main/rev/95aa20e851b5
Integrated into 'main-silver', will be available in build *201308270001* on http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/nightly/ (upload may still be in progress) Changeset: http://hg.netbeans.org/main-silver/rev/95aa20e851b5 User: mentlicher@netbeans.org Log: #228962: String variables display.