String function to enclose a word in quotes

[Sangeetha Verkot]

I need to search for a particular word that the user enters in a textfield and append either single or double quotes to it.
e.g.
mySearchField = StringUtils.replace(mySearchField, "xyz", "here I want to replace xyz with 'xyz' or "xyz" );
Is there a way to accomplish this? Thanks!

[Jeff Storey]

Sangeetha,

You might want to consider using the replace method in the String class. So, something like:

mySearchField = mySearchField.replace(pattern,"withThisText");

If you want to use single quotes, just put them in there like this:

mySearchField = mySearchField.replace(pattern,"'withThisText'");

If you want to use double quotes, use the backslash as the escape character:

mySearchField = mySearchField.replace(pattern,"\"withThisText\"");

Hope this helps,
Jeff

[Sangeetha Verkot]

It worked..Thanks.