String manipulation

[Allen Thomas]

Hi,
Would anyone happen to know how to delete a character out a string without using J2SE 1.4
Example:
String aString = "Java is ! cool.";
I want to remove the ! and have the string say "Java is cool."
Thanks in advance
Gregg
[ July 26, 2002: Message edited by: Gregg Tomas ]

[oLi Bou]

what do u mean by not using the J2SE 1.4 ?
The way i would actually do it :

String aString = "Java is ! cool";
StringBuffer b = new StringBuffer(aString);
int pos = aString.indexOf('!');
b.deleteCharAt(pos);
aString = b.toString();

dunno if that helps ..

[Allen Thomas]

Without J2SE 1.4, meaning not to use the regex api for regular expressions.
I will look at your code and try it. Thank you for responding. I will let you know how it works out.
Gregg

[Jim Yingst]

what do u mean by not using the J2SE 1.4 ?
Well with 1.4 you could just do something like:
aString = aString.replaceAll("!", "");
Obviously that's simpler if you're able to use 1.4 for your application...

[Allen Thomas]

oLi,
Thanks. It worked out great. I was able to get your code and build from it. Your code is very efficient.
Thanks again.
Gregg

[Allen Thomas]

Thanks Jim for your response as well.