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Using appendReplacement with Subgroup Replacements


import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    Pattern p = Pattern.compile("(another) (test)");
    StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();

    String candidateString = "This is another test.";

    String replacement = "$1 AAA $2";
    Matcher matcher = p.matcher(candidateString);
    matcher.find();

    matcher.appendReplacement(sb, replacement);
    String msg = sb.toString();
    System.out.println(msg);
  }
}

 








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