Confusing octal escape sequence

Reports string literals containing an octal escape sequence immediately followed by a digit.

Such strings may be confusing, and are often the result of errors in escape code creation.

Example:

  System.out.println("\1234"); // Octal escape sequence '\123' immediately followed by a digit

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ConfusingOctalEscapeSequence

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Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3, Qodana for JVM 2024.3,
Can be installed with plugin:	Java, 243.23126

Last modified: 03 December 2024