Tag: replace

how can I use backslash to backreference regex groups in java replaceAll()

for example: this Java code will switch the place of ‘1’ and ’14’. but The form that i want is below, unfortunately Java not supported this form Is there any other tool can support this form? Answer You can’t do that. And although it is not processed as back references by the reg…

Apache Lucene to replace found terms

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I’m looking for a way to find-and-replace words basing on queries in a text using Apache Lucene. Example – I have a text “Happy New Year!” and Lucene query “year~2” with fuzzy-detection and some replace characters (“###”). As the result I want the following &#82…

Replacing a portion of string entry

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I have a list of Strings, and would want to replace a few characters of the individual string entry by new string and add to the list. For eg: I believe it can be achieved with regex, and I need some inputs here. Suggestions? Answer Use this code for your problem

How to replace all substrings?

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I want to replace all the text within brackets to uppercase letters for any String object. For example if the text is – Hi (abc), how (a)re (You)?” , output should be – Hi ABC, how Are YOU? . I tried to use StringUtils.SubstringBetween(), but that replaces only the first substring between ()…

Regex to consolidate multiple rules

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I’m looking at optimising my string manipulation code and consolidating all of my replaceAll’s to just one pattern if possible Rules – strip all special chars except – replace space with – condense consecutive – ‘s to just one – Remove leading and trailing -&#82…

Trying to use .replace() to replace XML dependencies extracted by using XPATH java

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i have a pom xml and pom-web xml. im trying to copy the dependency from pom-web to pom.xml by extracting the dependency into a variable using Xpath and trying to do .replace in the pom.xml file with the variable. but im not able to replace the content via the variable as the if condition for .contains() is fa…

How to replace occurance of numbers with single value?

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I have below code Which gives output: I need: So from string if numbers found just replace with %d one only, not every digit. Answer You need to change your regex to “[0-9]+” Oracle’s doc: Quantifiers

How to replace text symbol in Java or Text Editor

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I want to replace the symbol after the second comma. I know how to group until the second comma. I tried below. But I don’t know how to replace from “/” to “?” after the second comma I expected below. GROUP/COMPANY,USER/PASSWORD,BIRTHDAY:”2010/01/01″,ADDRESS:”US…

How can i remove different strings from one string?

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I’ve been searching for a while but other answers are quiet different to what im trying to do. I’m trying to delete prepositions from a string but i wonder if there is any way to delete them without doing it one by one like i’m doing right now: (I’m trying to delete spanish preposition…

Replace ASCII codes and HTML tags in Java

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How can i achieve below expecting results without using StringEscapeUtils ? Current Results: Expecting Results: Already checked: How to unescape HTML character entities in Java? PS: This is just a sample example, input may vary. Answer Your regexp is for html tags <something> would be matched byt the ht…