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java.util.regex.Matcher.quoteReplacement()
Description
The java.time.Matcher.quoteReplacement(String s) method returns a literal replacement String for the specified String.
Declaration
Following is the declaration for java.time.Matcher.quoteReplacement(String s) method.
public static String quoteReplacement(String s)
Parameters
s − The string to be literalized.
Return Value
A literal string replacement.
Example
The following example shows the usage of java.time.Matcher.quoteReplacement(String s) method.
package com.tutorialspoint; import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class MatcherDemo { private static String REGEX = "dog"; private static String INPUT = "The dog says meow " + "All dogs say meow."; private static String REPLACE = "cat$"; public static void main(String[] args) { Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(REGEX); // get a matcher object Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(INPUT); try{ //Below line will throw exception INPUT = matcher.replaceAll(REPLACE); } catch(Exception e){ System.out.println("Exception: "+ e.getMessage()); } INPUT = matcher.replaceAll(matcher.quoteReplacement(REPLACE)); System.out.println(INPUT); } }
Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −
Exception: Illegal group reference: group index is missing The cat$ says meow All cat$s say meow.
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