ReplaceAll method to replace an array of String in java

Question

I have an array of String like: "11456811193903(admin 2016-03-01 11:16:23) (Sale)", I want to remove " (Sale)" from the array String. How to replace this in an array of Strings?

Original String:
String[] fileName = {"11456811193903(admin 2016-03-01 11:16:23) (Sale)"};

After replacing:
fileName:11456811193903(admin 2016-03-01 11:16:23)

despite the fact that the array only contains one variable, which might be just an example, you just have to loop over the array and use the String#replace method, if you simply want to replace a literal. — SomeJavaGuy
– SomeJavaGuy, Commented Mar 1, 2016 at 7:19

MartinS · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-01 16:34:45Z

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Bahramdun's solution works perfectly fine, but if you are a fan of Java 8 streams you might want to use this:

String[] fileName = {...};
fileName = Arrays.stream(fileName)
                 .map(s -> s.replace("(Sale)", ""))
                 .toArray(size -> new String[size]);

edited Mar 1, 2016 at 16:34

answered Mar 1, 2016 at 7:28

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Prashant Over a year ago

You dont actually need to collect as a list and then convert to Array. A simple way would be: fileName = Arrays.stream(fileName) .map(s -> s.replace("(Sale)", "")).toArray(size -> new String[size]);

Sheena Tyagi Over a year ago

It says " Lambda expressions are allowed only at source level 1.8 or above"

MartinS Over a year ago

@SheenaTyagi yes you have to compile your code with/for Java 8 to use Streams.

Bahramdun Adil · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-01 07:27:50Z

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You can try this: If your array has more than one element, then you can loop over the array as shown below. And if it is only one sentence, then you can directly remove the (Scale) and assign it again to the String fileName

String[] fileName = {"11456811193903(admin 2016-03-01 11:16:23) (Sale)"};
for (int i = 0; i < fileName.length; i++) {
    fileName[i] = fileName[i].replaceAll("\\(Sale\\)", "");
}
System.out.println("fileName = " + Arrays.toString(fileName));

And it is the result:

fileName = [11456811193903(admin 2016-03-01 11:16:23)]

edited Mar 1, 2016 at 7:27

answered Mar 1, 2016 at 7:22

Bahramdun Adil

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