java 6 replacell/repalcefirst

[joe nesbitt]

Hi all,

The following regex works when used in string.replaceall() but not in case of string.replaceFirst().

String:

    TEST|X||Y|Z||

Expected output:

 TEST|X|[b]STR[/b]|Y|Z||

Regex:

string.replaceAll( "(TEST\\|[\\|\\|]*\\\\|)\\|\\|", "$1|ST|" );

Output (not desired):

TEST|X|[b]STR[/b]|Y|Z|[b]STR[/b]|

 string.replaceFirst( "(TEST\\|[\\|\\|]*\\\\|)\\|\\|", "$1|ST|" );

No changes are made to the string, not sure why.

Please help!

Thanks in advance.

[Wouter Oet]

Please UseOneThreadPerQuestion. This is your third thread about this question.

[Campbell Ritchie]

Wouter Oet wrote: . . . This is your third thread about this question.

In which case this thread si closed. Thank you fo noticing, Wouter.