Java: replaceAll doesn't work well with backslash?

Question

I\'m trying to replace the beginning of a string with backslashes to something else. For some weird reason the replaceAll function doesn\'t like backslashes.

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Answer 1

Just got into a similar problem.

If you use backslash() in the second section of the replaceAll function, the backslashes will dissapear, to avoid that, you can use Matcher class.

String assetPath="\Media Database\otherfolder\anotherdeepfolder\finalfolder";

String assetRemovedPath=assetPath.replaceAll("\\\\Media Database(.*)", Matcher.quoteReplacement("\\Media Database\\_ExpiredAssets")+"$1");

system.out.println("ModifiedPath:"+assetRemovedPath);

Prints:

\Media Database\_ExpiredAssets\otherfolder\anotherdeepfolder\finalfolder

hope it helps!