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user373201
user373201

Reputation: 11445

replace list of characters in a string

I have a String which is the title of a webpage. so it can have < > and other special charecters in them.

I want to write a function that will take a string and replace a list of charecters. Trying to find the best way to do it.

Shoud I use a list or array or enums to hold the list of special charecters or is there something in java that will already do this. 

filterText(String text, List specialCharecters)

filterText(String text, Array specialCharecters)

filterText(String text, Enum specialCharecters)

Upvotes: 5

Views: 20222

Answers (2)

maneesh
maneesh

Reputation: 1112

Take a look at the StringUtils class in Apache commons lang API specifically the replaceEach function

Upvotes: 6

AlexR
AlexR

Reputation: 115368

str.replaceAll("[<>]", "")

Put all your special characters between the quotes. This statement is using regular expression, so care about escaping characters that are special for regular expression. For example if you want to replace ( you should say str.replaceAll("[\\(]", "")

Upvotes: 6

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