Need to replace ' with '

Question

Hi i am using below code to replace the single quote with the ' but it's not working could you please help me out on this?

String name = "Hello's";

name.replaceAll("/'/g", "&apos;");

System.out.println(name);

`name.replace("'", "'")`. No need for regexes here. – Andy Turner Sep 30 '16 at 12:20 — Andy Turner, Sep 30 '16 at 12:20

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 30 '16 at 12:20

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You have to assign your variable with your new value.

String name = "Hello's";

name = name.replaceAll("'", "&apos;");
System.out.println(name);

Hope it helps.

answered Sep 30 '16 at 12:20

Winter

it's not working thanks for the input – chandrasekhar Sep 30 '16 at 12:21
It is working, look: https://ideone.com/iDZHLB – Winter Sep 30 '16 at 12:22
actually it should give like Hello's – chandrasekhar Sep 30 '16 at 12:26
It does exactly, the output of the ideone I linked you is Hello's – Winter Sep 30 '16 at 12:27

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 30 '16 at 12:25

1

In Java, strings are immutable. replaceAll returns a new string and you should use that, not the original string.

answered Sep 30 '16 at 12:25

Behrang

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