Java Regex String Replace replace(String string, Pattern[] patterns, String[] replacements)

Description

Replaces all occurrences of several regular expressions in order.

License

LGPL

Parameter

Parameter	Description
string	The string
patterns	An array of regular expressions
replacements	An array of replacement strings (must be the same length and order as patterns)

Return

The resulting string

Declaration

public static String replace(String string, Pattern[] patterns, String[] replacements) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*from ww  w.ja  va  2s.  c  o  m*/
 * Copyright 2009-2012 Three Crickets LLC.
 * <p>
 * The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the LGPL version 3.0:
 * http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html
 * <p>
 * Alternatively, you can obtain a royalty free commercial license with less
 * limitations, transferable or non-transferable, directly from Three Crickets
 * at http://threecrickets.com/
 */

import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Replaces all occurrences of several regular expressions in order.
     * 
     * @param string
     *        The string
     * @param patterns
     *        An array of regular expressions
     * @param replacements
     *        An array of replacement strings (must be the same length and order
     *        as patterns)
     * @return The resulting string
     */
    public static String replace(String string, Pattern[] patterns, String[] replacements) {
        for (int i = 0, length = patterns.length; i < length; i++)
            string = patterns[i].matcher(string).replaceAll(replacements[i]);
        return string;
    }
}

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