'How do I escape a semicolon inside of a String? [closed]

I need to initialize complex javascript code as an string. But that javascript code contains semicolon and " mark. I know I can escape " mark using \". But I don't know how to escape semicolon. 

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I need to initialize above code as,

String complexString = "Above code here";

I can't concatenate slices of code, because that way ; will be removed. Right?

This is for Servlet. I may be foolish, but pardon me.

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Solution 1:[1]

As long as the ; is inside your double quotes you shouldn't need to escape it.

Solution 2:[2]

Semicolons are not special characters. There's no need of escaping them when they're in a String. You can always test a string's behavior by using the little old System.out.println() method.

Solution 3:[3]

You don't need to escape your ; when they are inside " or ', as they are literals and are perfectly safe.

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Solution 1 Baz
Solution 2 Fritz
Solution 3 Zach Jensz

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