Replace all occurances of the target text with the provided replacement text : Matcher « Regular Expressions « Java
Replace all occurances of the target text with the provided replacement text
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
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public class Utils {
/**
* Replace all occurances of the target text with the provided replacement
* text. Both target and replacement may be regular expressions - see
* <code>java.util.regex.Matcher</code>.
*
* @param text
* Text to modify
* @param targetText
* Text to find and replace
* @param newText
* New text
* @return Updated text
*/
public static String replace(String text, String targetText, String newText) {
Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(targetText, Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(text);
return matcher.replaceAll(newText);
}
}
