Java Regex String Replace All replaceAll(String target, String from, String to)

Description

Replaces the all substrings of this string that matches the given from string with the given replacement.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
target	is the original string
from	is the string to be replaced
to	is the string which will used to replace

Return

the changed target string

Declaration

public static String replaceAll(String target, String from, String to) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Replaces the all substrings of this string that matches the given from string with the given replacement. Works
     * like {@link String#replaceAll(String, String)} but doesn't use regular expressions. All occurences of special
     * chars will be escaped.
     * 
     * @param target
     *            is the original string
     * @param from
     *            is the string to be replaced
     * @param to
     *            is the string which will used to replace
     * 
     * @return the changed target string
     */
    public static String replaceAll(String target, String from, String to) {
        return target.replaceAll(Pattern.quote(from), Matcher.quoteReplacement(to));
    }
}

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