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Subject: Re: String.replaceAll ' to \'
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On (2003/05/21 17:28), Rene Ladan wrote:

> does anybody know how to convert a string with String.replaceAll,
> replacing all ' with \'  occurences?
> 
> or should I just use a loop?

String input = "What's the story's story?";
String output = input.replaceAll("'", "\\\\'");

I used the following class to test this:

public class TestReplaceAll {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String input = "";
        String regex = "";
        String replacement = "";
        try {
            input = args[0];
            regex = args[1];
            replacement = args[2];
        } catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
            System.out.println(
                "usage: java TestReplaceAll input regex replace");
            System.exit(1);
        }

        String output = input.replaceAll(regex, replacement);
        System.out.println(output);
        System.exit(output.equals(input) ? 1 : 0);
    }
}

I'd imagine this has more to do with The Java Language spec's take on
literal string specification than it has to do with the specifics of
String.replaceAll().

Ciao,
Sheldon.