Thread: "\b" not "back spacing"?

Correct me if I'm wrong here but \b is supposed to remove the last letter in a string like \n is supposed to go to a new line.

For what ever reason \b is not backspacing but instead my a character ""

heres my code:

System.out.print("This is a test.\b\n");

what i expect the out print to be is

This is a test

but instead i get:

This is a test.

I don't really see what I am doing wrong here.

the character its out printing is binary.png for some reason it didnt post it.

What happens when you have control characters being displayed by a program is up to the program.
Each program can do its own thing when it reads and displays a control character.

so how would I make it read \b and know to remove one character back?

how would I make it read \b

What is the "it"?
You could write a method that takes a String as input, scans for the \b character and does some substrings to create a new String with the \b and the character removed.

You could override printwriter and then set the System.out, although it seems like a lot of effort for not very much gain.

EG:

import java.io.PrintWriter;
 
public class PrintWriter2 extends PrintWriter
{
  public PrintWriter2(OutputStream out)
  {
     super(out);
  }
  @Override
  public void print(String mes)
  {
     //Modify the message however you like
     super.print(mes);
  }
}

Then in the main method

PrintWriter newPrintWriter = new PrintWriter2(System.out);
System.setOut(newPrintWriter);

Edit, Norm's method might be better.

alright i got it working thanks