replaceAll Problem

[steve_m]

Hi,

I'm trying to replace placeholders in a String (read in from a text file) with actual values.

The placeholders are in the format of ??name??.

What I've tried is:

sk.replaceAll("//?//?title//?//?",it.getItemName());

where sk is the String I'm replacing in.

I also tried without any /s and with a single one before each ?. However, none of them seem to make any change to sk (which has many placeholders in that format).

Could someone show me what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,
Steve

[eRaaaa]

What I've tried is:

sk.replaceAll("//?//?title//?//?",it.getItemName());

where sk is the String I'm replacing in.

Escape with the backslash character ('\') !!

--> "\\?\\?title\\?\\?"

However, none of them seem to make any change to sk (which has many placeholders in that format).

Strings are immutable so you(and the methods :D ) cant change the String sk. The method returns a new String, so you have to write
sk = sk.replaceAll....

[makpandian]

if you are familiar in reg expression, you better use that in replaceAll() method..

[steve_m]

Thanks for the help everyone, I'll try that when I get back tonight. Can't believe I've made such glaring mistakes :o