Java Regex String Replace Whitespace replaceWhitespace(String searchTerm)

Description

Replaces whitespace characters with underline.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String replaceWhitespace(String searchTerm) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from  w  ww .  j a  v a2  s. c om
 * #%L
 * Cytoscape Search Impl (search-impl)
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 */

import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class Main {
    public static final String SEARCH_STRING = "\\s";
    public static final String REPLACE_STRING = "_";

    /**
     * Replaces whitespace characters with underline. Method: Search for
     * SEARCH_STRING, replace with REPLACE_STRING.
     */
    public static String replaceWhitespace(String searchTerm) {
        String replaceTerm = "";

        if (searchTerm == null) {
            return replaceTerm;
        }

        Pattern searchPattern = Pattern.compile(SEARCH_STRING);

        String[] result = searchPattern.split(searchTerm);
        replaceTerm = result[0];
        for (int i = 1; i < result.length; i++) {
            replaceTerm = replaceTerm + REPLACE_STRING + result[i];
        }

        return replaceTerm;
    }
}

Related

1. replaceBlank(String str)
2. replaceBlank(String str)
3. replaceBlank(String str)
4. replaceWhitespace(final String value, final boolean stripExtras)
5. replaceWhitespace(final String value, final boolean stripExtras)
6. replaceWhiteSpaces(final String value, final String replaceBy)
7. replaceWhitespaces(String inString, String with)
8. replaceWhitespaces(String inString, String with)
9. replaceWhiteSpaces(String str)