Re: String.replaceAll won't work :s

From: Passero (bla_at_bla.bla)
Date: 07/01/04 

Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 11:10:52 GMT

"Stefan Waldmann" <stefan.k.waldmann@vr-web.de> schreef in bericht
news:2ki9d8F2ltuiU3@uni-berlin.de...

> Hello,
>
> the String#replaceAll(...) method expects a regular expression (regex)
> as first parameter. In regular expressions the "\" has also escape
> function (just like in java Strings). Thus, a regex you would write "\\"
> to match a single "\". But because in java you also have to write "\\"
> to get a single "\" inside the String, what you have to use is "\\\\".
>
> So this should do what you want to achieve:
>
> myString = myString.replaceAll("\\\\","\\\\");
>
> Not kidding! The second parameter is no regex, but only the String which
> should replace all matches of the first param. Try it.
>

Yeah thanks it works but as a second parameter i had to give "////////"
instead of "////"
Very strange but i tried it and when i use "////" as second parameter, he
doesn't change anything.

>
>
> Greetings, Stefan 

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