Is it necessary to escape the dollar sign in a string? `"**/R\$*.class"`

# android

[Sergio C.]

Is it necessary to escape the dollar sign in a string? "**/R\$*.class"

[marlonlom]

depends of the usecase youre referring

[Sergio C.]

I found this example in a google sample. made no sense to me.

[Juliane Lehmann]

Both in Java and in Kotlin, dollar sign needs to be escaped if you want literal dollar sign (which in this context, you probably want).