Question

How can I replace it?
I’ve been trying this:

string.replaceFirst(substring, "");

but it’s not replacing, and as I am doing a recursive method, it’s giving me a StackOverflowException..

Any idea?

Answer 1

String are immutable, which means you cannot change them once they are initialized.

The replaceFirst method creates a new string where the first instance is replaced by your replacement and returns it…the original string is never modified.

You’re code should be something like this

string = string.replaceFirst(substring,"")