Java Tutorial/Regular Expressions/Text Replace

Replacing text using regex

   <source lang="java">

import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class MainClass {

 public static void main(String args[]) {
   String regex = "(\\w)(\\d)(\\w+)";
   Pattern pattern = Pattern.rupile(regex);
   String candidate = "W3C";
   Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(candidate);
   String tmp = matcher.replaceAll("$33");
   System.out.println("REPLACEMENT: " + tmp);
   System.out.println("ORIGINAL: " + candidate);
 }

}</source>