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Asked: 2026-05-20T06:31:36+00:00

I need to replace all & symbols with &#38 in my text file but

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I need to replace all “&” symbols with “&#38” in my text file but not the html codes such as & or "

I’m currently using row = row.replace("& ", "&#38");

but, as I said also the html codes are replaced e.g. " and I don’t want this..
thanks

ps. I cannot add spaces after & because I need to replace it in words such as M&M or Ella & David

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  1. Editorial Team

    You could try a regex, e.g,

    row = row.replaceAll("&(?![#a-zA-Z0-9]+;)", "&");

    The regex replace & given that it’s not followed by a sequence of '#a-zA-Z0-9' ending with ';'

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