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StringBuffer Problem
I have user input in a StringBuffer. I need to search for the word "the" and replace every occurrence with another string, "zee." How do I do this?
int theStart = sentence.indexOf("the"); int theEnd = theStart + "the".length(); sentence.replace(theStart, theEnd, "zee");
What I have only works for the FIRST occurrence.
Thanks!
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Re: StringBuffer Problem
Put the code in a loop and have the indexOf method start each search past the changed location.only works for the FIRST occurrence.
Or read the API doc for the String class to see if it has other useful methods.
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Re: StringBuffer Problem
take a peek at java.util.regex?
edit:
Nevermind, follow Norm's advice and look at the Java String API
Last edited by JJeng; May 30th, 2012 at 12:33 PM.
Re: StringBuffer Problem
If the sentence variable is a StringBuffer, then you'll have to use its methods.
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