Java - Write code to Replace all occurrences of pattern in the specified string with replacement.

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Requirements

Write code to Replace all occurrences of pattern in the specified string with replacement.

Demo

//package com.book2s;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] argv) {
        String string = "book2s.com";
        String pattern = "o";
        String replacement = "O";
        System.out.println(substitute(string, pattern, replacement));
    }//from  ww  w. j a  v a 2 s. c o m

    /** Replace all occurrences of <i>pattern</i> in the specified
     *  string with <i>replacement</i>.  Note that the pattern is NOT
     *  a regular expression, and that relative to the
     *  String.replaceAll() method in jdk1.4, this method is extremely
     *  slow.  This method does not work well with back slashes.
     *  @param string The string to edit.
     *  @param pattern The string to replace.
     *  @param replacement The string to replace it with.
     *  @return A new string with the specified replacements.
     */
    public static String substitute(String string, String pattern,
            String replacement) {
        int start = string.indexOf(pattern);

        while (start != -1) {
            StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(string);
            buffer.delete(start, start + pattern.length());
            buffer.insert(start, replacement);
            string = new String(buffer);
            start = string.indexOf(pattern, start + replacement.length());
        }

        return string;
    }
}

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