primitive char variable intialization with backslash charecter
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  <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
  <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6002366/invalid-character-constant">‘ \ ’-Invalid character constant?</a>  </p>
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<p>In Java, I am trying to initialize a char variable like below, which it is not allowing.</p>

<pre><code>char ch = '\';
</code></pre>

<p>Any reason behind this? It's giving a compilation error.</p>
