Replacing and removing subtrings in Java

Java’s replaceString function is very handy for string and substring modifications.

public class ReplaceString {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        // replacing a character in string
        String str = "replacestring";
        System.out.println(str.replace("a","e"));

        // removing a character from string
        System.out.println(str.replace("a", ""));

        // replacing a substring in a string
        System.out.println(str.replace("replace", "remove"));

        // removing a substring in a string
        System.out.println(str.replace("replace", ""));

        // replacing a symbol from a string
        str = "$40.36";
        str = str.replace("$", "CAD ");
        System.out.println(str);
    }
}

output

replecestring
replcestring
removestring
string
CAD 40.36

• First part of the all occurrences of a with e
• Second part remove all occurrences of the character a
• Third part replaces the substring replace with the substring remove
• Fourth part removes ths substring replace
• Last part shows that special symbols can also be replaced. They don’t need to be escaped with backslash