Java String Substritute substituteSubString(String input, String find, String replace)

Description

Replace substrings of one string with another string and return altered string.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
input	input string
find	the string to replace
replace	the string to replace with

Return

the substituted string

Declaration

static private String substituteSubString(String input, String find,
        String replace) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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public class Main {
    /**/*from  w  w w . ja  v a  2s .c  om*/
     * Replace substrings of one string with another string and return altered
     * string.
     * 
     * @param input
     *            input string
     * @param find
     *            the string to replace
     * @param replace
     *            the string to replace with
     * @return the substituted string
     */
    static private String substituteSubString(String input, String find,
            String replace) {
        int find_length = find.length();
        int replace_length = replace.length();

        StringBuffer output = new StringBuffer(input);
        int index = input.indexOf(find);
        int outputOffset = 0;

        while (index > -1) {
            output.replace(index + outputOffset, index + outputOffset
                    + find_length, replace);
            outputOffset = outputOffset + (replace_length - find_length);

            index = input.indexOf(find, index + find_length);
        }

        String result = output.toString();
        return result;
    }
}

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