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Asked: 2026-06-05T17:57:45+00:00

I am trying to replace a large string in groovy. But can’t get it

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I am trying to replace a large string in groovy. But can’t get it to work. I am using groovy 1.8.6

def textn = "http://10.33.0.69:8001/VS_SiteFacilityLookup/SiteFacilityLookupService?XSD=/com/enbridge/csim/ebo/module/common/serviceinterface/SiteFacilityLookupService.xsd"
textn = textn.replaceAll("http://10.33.0.69:8001/VS_SiteFacilityLookup/SiteFacilityLookupService?XSD=/com/enbridge/csim/ebo/module/common/serviceinterface/SiteFacilityLookupService.xsd", "hola")
println "textn : $textn"

This prints out the original variable

If I replace a shorter string, it replaces it correctly.

def textn = "http://10.33.0.69:8001/VS_SiteFacilityLookup/SiteFacilityLookupService?XSD=/com/enbridge/csim/ebo/module/common/serviceinterface/SiteFacilityLookupService.xsd"
textn = textn.replaceAll("SiteFacilityLookupService.xsd", "hola")
println "textn : $textn"

This prints out the expected result

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  1. Editorial Team

    try this pattern:

    http:\/\/10.33.0.69:8001\/VS_SiteFacilityLookup\/SiteFacilityLookupService\?XSD=\/com\/enbridge\/csim\/ebo\/module\/common\/serviceinterface\/SiteFacilityLookupService.xsd

    you need to remember to escape special characters – for e.g. ? -> \?

    so, to sum up, it ends as:

    def textn = "http://10.33.0.69:8001/VS_SiteFacilityLookup/SiteFacilityLookupService?XSD=/com/enbridge/csim/ebo/module/common/serviceinterface/SiteFacilityLookupService.xsd"
textn = textn.replaceAll("http:\/\/10.33.0.69:8001\/VS_SiteFacilityLookup\/SiteFacilityLookupService\?XSD=\/com\/enbridge\/csim\/ebo\/module\/common\/serviceinterface\/SiteFacilityLookupService.xsd", "hola")
println "textn : $textn"

    I have tested it here: http://gskinner.com/RegExr/

    On the topic: While replacing Strings, in groovy, Java, and (I hope!) in any other language, String length doesn’t matter. What does matter is that in larger pattern it’s easier to omit something that will result in NO match. So you sould be using patterns that are simple, and easy to understand by the reader of code.

    for example:

    http:\/\/.* – matches every String that starts with http://

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