Java Regex String Replace replace(String text, String findPattern, String replacePattern)

Description

Replace any text within a text using regular expressions

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description

Declaration

public static String replace(String text, String findPattern, String replacePattern) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/* www  .ja v a  2 s .  com*/
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 * Last modified: 9/9/13 4:37 PM
 * Modified by:   conesa
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import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Replace any text within a text using regular expressions
     * @param text: Text to search
     * @param findPattern: Text to find (regular expression)
     * @param replacePattern: Text to replace (regular expression)
     * @return
     */
    public static String replace(String text, String findPattern, String replacePattern) {

        //Create the pattern for the search
        Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(findPattern);

        // Replace all
        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(text);

        //Return
        return matcher.replaceAll(replacePattern);

    }
}

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