Replace junk character apostrophe using regex
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All the apostrophe in my HTML is being converted to junk by the UI engine. I need to create a regex with below pattern to replace the string in Java.
The specific pattern is needed because the some characters are displayed as junk from the HTML. The whole string can be like : company㝵20ac?s
[2 characters]+"20ac"+[1 character]
I need to replace this whole string with a single quote. Something like:
string.replaceAll(<regex>, "'");
It should not be like this but the junk characters cannot be parsed by any java or HTML anymore once saved in the database.
java regex apostrophe
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All the apostrophe in my HTML is being converted to junk by the UI engine. I need to create a regex with below pattern to replace the string in Java.
The specific pattern is needed because the some characters are displayed as junk from the HTML. The whole string can be like : company㝵20ac?s
[2 characters]+"20ac"+[1 character]
I need to replace this whole string with a single quote. Something like:
string.replaceAll(<regex>, "'");
It should not be like this but the junk characters cannot be parsed by any java or HTML anymore once saved in the database.
java regex apostrophe
edited Nov 19 at 7:19
Oram
57313
asked Nov 19 at 3:23
Riju Mahna
2,43684277
the unicode codepoint associated withu20acis the EURO SIGN character. The best you can do is to change it forEURsequence, so you don't have any more problems with euros. A little more of context or a better description of your problem (better than calling junk the thing) could lead to a better solution. Probably if the HTML generator uses Java€character sequence instead of the€character, the browsers can display it properly. What are the two characters that precede the20acseq?
– Luis Colorado
Nov 22 at 5:53
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All the apostrophe in my HTML is being converted to junk by the UI engine. I need to create a regex with below pattern to replace the string in Java.
The specific pattern is needed because the some characters are displayed as junk from the HTML. The whole string can be like : company㝵20ac?s
[2 characters]+"20ac"+[1 character]
I need to replace this whole string with a single quote. Something like:
string.replaceAll(<regex>, "'");
It should not be like this but the junk characters cannot be parsed by any java or HTML anymore once saved in the database.
java regex apostrophe
edited Nov 19 at 7:19
Oram
57313
asked Nov 19 at 3:23
Riju Mahna
2,43684277
All the apostrophe in my HTML is being converted to junk by the UI engine. I need to create a regex with below pattern to replace the string in Java.
The specific pattern is needed because the some characters are displayed as junk from the HTML. The whole string can be like : company㝵20ac?s
[2 characters]+"20ac"+[1 character]
I need to replace this whole string with a single quote. Something like:
string.replaceAll(<regex>, "'");
It should not be like this but the junk characters cannot be parsed by any java or HTML anymore once saved in the database.
java regex apostrophe
java regex apostrophe
edited Nov 19 at 7:19
Oram
57313
asked Nov 19 at 3:23
Riju Mahna
2,43684277
edited Nov 19 at 7:19
Oram
57313
asked Nov 19 at 3:23
Riju Mahna
2,43684277
edited Nov 19 at 7:19
Oram
57313
edited Nov 19 at 7:19
Oram
57313
edited Nov 19 at 7:19
Oram
57313
57313
asked Nov 19 at 3:23
Riju Mahna
2,43684277
asked Nov 19 at 3:23
Riju Mahna
2,43684277
asked Nov 19 at 3:23
Riju Mahna
2,43684277
2,43684277
the unicode codepoint associated withu20acis the EURO SIGN character. The best you can do is to change it forEURsequence, so you don't have any more problems with euros. A little more of context or a better description of your problem (better than calling junk the thing) could lead to a better solution. Probably if the HTML generator uses Java€character sequence instead of the€character, the browsers can display it properly. What are the two characters that precede the20acseq?
– Luis Colorado
Nov 22 at 5:53
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the unicode codepoint associated withu20acis the EURO SIGN character. The best you can do is to change it forEURsequence, so you don't have any more problems with euros. A little more of context or a better description of your problem (better than calling junk the thing) could lead to a better solution. Probably if the HTML generator uses Java€character sequence instead of the€character, the browsers can display it properly. What are the two characters that precede the20acseq?
– Luis Colorado
Nov 22 at 5:53
the unicode codepoint associated with
u20ac is the EURO SIGN character. The best you can do is to change it for EUR sequence, so you don't have any more problems with euros. A little more of context or a better description of your problem (better than calling junk the thing) could lead to a better solution. Probably if the HTML generator uses Java € character sequence instead of the € character, the browsers can display it properly. What are the two characters that precede the 20ac seq?– Luis Colorado
Nov 22 at 5:53
the unicode codepoint associated with
u20ac is the EURO SIGN character. The best you can do is to change it for EUR sequence, so you don't have any more problems with euros. A little more of context or a better description of your problem (better than calling junk the thing) could lead to a better solution. Probably if the HTML generator uses Java € character sequence instead of the € character, the browsers can display it properly. What are the two characters that precede the 20ac seq?– Luis Colorado
Nov 22 at 5:53
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If you want any 2 characters followed by 20ac and then another character you can do something like this:
string.replaceAll("..(20ac).","'$1'");
The . means any character.
What's in the parenthesis will be captured and used later with $1.
Regex explanation
If you want to replace only junk characters you need to define them in the regex instead of the ..
Can be something like this: [㝵] (put all the junk characters inside the brackets).
For multiple characters you can use * for zero or more, + for one or more and {2} for exactly 2 characters.
So the end result can be something like this [㝵]+(20ac)?
Regex explanation
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1 Answer
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If you want any 2 characters followed by 20ac and then another character you can do something like this:
string.replaceAll("..(20ac).","'$1'");
The . means any character.
What's in the parenthesis will be captured and used later with $1.
Regex explanation
If you want to replace only junk characters you need to define them in the regex instead of the ..
Can be something like this: [㝵] (put all the junk characters inside the brackets).
For multiple characters you can use * for zero or more, + for one or more and {2} for exactly 2 characters.
So the end result can be something like this [㝵]+(20ac)?
Regex explanation
answered Nov 19 at 7:00
Oram
57313
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
If you want any 2 characters followed by 20ac and then another character you can do something like this:
string.replaceAll("..(20ac).","'$1'");
The . means any character.
What's in the parenthesis will be captured and used later with $1.
Regex explanation
If you want to replace only junk characters you need to define them in the regex instead of the ..
Can be something like this: [㝵] (put all the junk characters inside the brackets).
For multiple characters you can use * for zero or more, + for one or more and {2} for exactly 2 characters.
So the end result can be something like this [㝵]+(20ac)?
Regex explanation
answered Nov 19 at 7:00
Oram
57313
add a comment |
up vote
1
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up vote
1
down vote
If you want any 2 characters followed by 20ac and then another character you can do something like this:
string.replaceAll("..(20ac).","'$1'");
The . means any character.
What's in the parenthesis will be captured and used later with $1.
Regex explanation
If you want to replace only junk characters you need to define them in the regex instead of the ..
Can be something like this: [㝵] (put all the junk characters inside the brackets).
For multiple characters you can use * for zero or more, + for one or more and {2} for exactly 2 characters.
So the end result can be something like this [㝵]+(20ac)?
Regex explanation
answered Nov 19 at 7:00
Oram
57313
If you want any 2 characters followed by 20ac and then another character you can do something like this:
string.replaceAll("..(20ac).","'$1'");
The . means any character.
What's in the parenthesis will be captured and used later with $1.
Regex explanation
If you want to replace only junk characters you need to define them in the regex instead of the ..
Can be something like this: [㝵] (put all the junk characters inside the brackets).
For multiple characters you can use * for zero or more, + for one or more and {2} for exactly 2 characters.
So the end result can be something like this [㝵]+(20ac)?
Regex explanation
answered Nov 19 at 7:00
Oram
57313
edited Nov 19 at 7:23
answered Nov 19 at 7:00
Oram
57313
answered Nov 19 at 7:00
Oram
57313
answered Nov 19 at 7:00
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the unicode codepoint associated with
u20acis the EURO SIGN character. The best you can do is to change it forEURsequence, so you don't have any more problems with euros. A little more of context or a better description of your problem (better than calling junk the thing) could lead to a better solution. Probably if the HTML generator uses Java€character sequence instead of the€character, the browsers can display it properly. What are the two characters that precede the20acseq?– Luis Colorado
Nov 22 at 5:53