# You are reading the ".properties" entry. ! The exclamation mark can also mark text as comments. # The key and element characters #, !, =, and : are written with a preceding backslash to ensure that they are properly loaded. website = http\://en.wikipedia.org/ language = English # The backslash below tells the application to continue reading # the value onto the next line. message = Welcome to \ Wikipedia! # Add spaces to the key key\ with\ spaces = This is the value that could be looked up with the key "key with spaces". # Unicode tab : \u0009 empty-key= last.line=value