Changeing String from URL Path to File Path

[Steve Dyke]

I have a string:

//gvas400/home/FAIManagement/ARRTags/2012/ARRTag1477929SDE.pdf

I am trying to use this code to change "/" to "\":

filePath = rs.getString(1).trim();
if(lServer){
	filePath = filePath.replaceAll("/", "\\");
}

I get this error message:
Exception created : [java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException

[Muhammad Saifuddin]

filePath = filePath.replaceAll("/", Matcher.quoteReplacement("\\"));

Matcher.quoteReplacement

NOTE: Can't find way to delete my duplicate post any authorized help.

[Muhammad Saifuddin]

filePath = filePath.replaceAll("/", Matcher.quoteReplacement("\\"));

Matcher.quoteReplacement

[Phil English]

From the Java doc

Note that backslashes (\) and dollar signs ($) in the replacement string may cause the results to be different than if it were being treated as a literal replacement string. Dollar signs may be treated as references to captured subsequences as described above, and backslashes are used to escape literal characters in the replacement string.

Replace

replaceAll("/", "\\")

with

replaceAll("/", "\\\\")

Or scratch that I guess, Muhammad's method is much more elegant. You know I came across this exact problem and never found that Matcher.quoteReplacement() method? I should have asked here.

[William P O'Sullivan]

Actually don't use replaceAll(), Use replace() instead.

		String filePath = "//gvas400/home/FAIManagement/ARRTags/2012/ARRTag1477929SDE.pdf";
		filePath = filePath.replace("/", "\\");
		System.out.println("filePath=" +filePath);

Output:

filePath=\\gvas400\home\FAIManagement\ARRTags\2012\ARRTag1477929SDE.pdf

WP

[Winston Gutkowski]

Steve Dyke wrote:I am trying to use this code to change "/" to "\":

Erm...why?

"/" is far more universal than "\", which to my knowledge is ONLY used by Windows. Furthermore, if used inside a Java program, it doesn't care - even when running on a Windows system.

Winston