You have your arguments out of order, try: (= (.replaceAll "a" "\"" "\\\"") (.replaceAll "\\a" "\"" "\\\""))
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 2:40 PM, CuppoJava <patrickli_2...@hotmail.com>wrote: > Hi, > I'm trying to write a simple function to replace every " inside the > string with \", but am having an extremely difficult time. > > Can someone enlighten me as to why the following is returning true? > > (= (.replaceAll "\"" "\\\"" "a") > (.replaceAll "\"" "\\\"" "\\a")) > > Thanks a lot > -Patrick > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<clojure%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en