Java best way for string find and replace?

Question

I\'m looking for the best approach for string find and replace in Java.

This is a sentence: \"My name is Milan, people know me as Milan Vasic\".

I want to repla

Answer 1

One possibility, reducing the longer form before expanding all:

string.replaceAll("Milan Vasic", "Milan").replaceAll("Milan", "Milan Vasic")

Another way, treating Vasic as optional:

string.replaceAll("Milan( Vasic)?", "Milan Vasic")

Others have described solutions based on lookahead or alternation.