On 5/11/06, Jeff Mutonho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 5/11/06, Java Mad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Does any one know how to replace all { with \{
> >
> > I tried String.replaceAll("{","\{") only to find exceptions since { is part
> > of the regular expression syntax stuff.
> >
> > What i want to achieve with this is to replace all {,(,[,] which is part of
> > a String with \{,\(,\[,\]
> >
> > e.g "if()"
> > will be converted to if\(\)
> >
> > I need this for a Lexical Analyser
> >
> Try escaping the '{' with 2 backslashes
>
As in
String oldS="foo{";
System.out.println(oldS);
String newS= oldS.replaceAll("\\{","\\\\{");
System.out.println(newS);
will give you
foo{
foo\{
Jeff Mutonho
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