Java String Substritute substitute(final String input, final String pattern, final String sub)

Description

Replace all patterns in a String

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
input	- string to be transformed
pattern	- pattern to replace
sub	- replacement

Return

the updated string

Declaration

public static String substitute(final String input,
        final String pattern, final String sub) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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public class Main {
    /**
     * Replace all patterns in a String
     *
     * @see String#replaceAll(String,String)
     *  - JDK1.4 only
     *
     * @param input - string to be transformed
     * @param pattern - pattern to replace
     * @param sub - replacement
     * @return the updated string
     */
    public static String substitute(final String input,
            final String pattern, final String sub) {
        StringBuilder ret = new StringBuilder(input.length());
        int start = 0;
        int index = -1;
        final int length = pattern.length();
        while ((index = input.indexOf(pattern, start)) >= start) {
            ret.append(input.substring(start, index));
            ret.append(sub);
            start = index + length;
        }
        ret.append(input.substring(start));
        return ret.toString();
    }
}

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