How to replace values in a string?

Hi,

I am trying to figure out how to do this

I have these properties in my property file
For example
Message1 = My First Name is &1 and my Last Name is &2
Message2 = &1 I live in &3

&1= John
&2=Font
&3= Florida

In my java code I read these properties from file
String message1 = My First Name is &1 and my Last Name is &2

I want to replace the ampersands with &1 and &2 in the message

The above message will look like-- My First Name is John and my Last Name is Font
And if I read message2 the Message will be John lives in Florida

How do I do that?

Thanks
Ajoo

Try using the String.replaceAll() method. Refer to the Java API for details.

Ajoo Bar wrote:I want to replace the ampersands with &1 and &2 in the message
How do I do that?

Well, first you ShowSomeEffort. What have you written so far, and what results are you getting?

The policy here is not to simply hand out ready-made code.

Winston

You need not to replace the string, I think you should append the string like

you can't replace values in a String. Strings are immutable - once they are created, they can never be changed.

HOWEVER, you can use various methods of the String class to create a NEW String that looks like what you want, using the old String as a sort of starting point...

I wouldn't do that. I would just use the MessageFormat class which is part of the standard Java API and which is designed to do exactly that.