Question

Please correct me if I am wrong.

I want to replace substring in a string in java. And I want to use String.replace(CharSequence target, CharSequence replacement) method.

I do not use regular expressions in target substring and I think this method is a good choice.

This method will work properly even there will be special regexp symbols in target substring and it will just ignore regexp format and treat target substring as a regular string.

Am I right?

Thank you.

Answer 1

Yes, if you use replace the arguments will be treated as ordinary strings, not regular expressions.

If you want to replace using an regular expression you need to use replaceAll.