Removing special characters from string variable

Question

I have a java String variable with the below value... i want to remove the special characters from it.. how to remove the single upper quotes... how to get this..

String value = "work'list'Man'ager";

ok its achieved... thanks... may i know why are they giving negative votes for this question? — Rachel, Feb 06 '13 at 06:11
I'd guess because the question is too trivial; it appears as if you haven't done basic research. — Alois Mahdal, Sep 28 '15 at 20:50

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 06 '13 at 06:04

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If you look at the String documentation:

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html

You'll note there are multiple methods starting with replace. I recommend using one of those, as appropriate.

answered Feb 06 '13 at 06:04

Yann Ramin

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 06 '13 at 06:05

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You can use String.replaceAll() to accomplish this.

String newValue = value.replaceAll("[']", "");

answered Feb 06 '13 at 06:05

Makoto

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 06 '13 at 06:05

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Use this

value.replaceAll("'", "");

answered Feb 06 '13 at 06:05

Jayamohan

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 06 '13 at 06:08

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You can use RegEx to remove any special characters or specific characters you want.

answered Feb 06 '13 at 06:08

Abdullah Shaikh

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 06 '13 at 06:12

A simple example:

public class Main{
  public static void main(String[] args){
     String s = "work'list'Man'ager" ;
     String[] arr = s.split("'");
     StringBuilder sb=new StringBuilder();
     for(String st: arr)
        sb.append(st);
     System.out.println(sb.toString());
  }
}

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Removing special characters from string variable

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