How can I replace a unicode character in java string

Question

I have an issue in my project that is replacing a unicode charcter with another unicode character in a Java string. After searching and trying different codes , I did'nt get the solution for that I want to replace a character in Persian to another character in Persian with different unicode number. I really appreciate any help.

thanks

Answer 1

Trying this will solve your issue.

str.replaceAll("\\p{Sc}", string_to_replcae);

and example can be like below:

String str = "For some reason my �double quotes� were lost.";
    str = str.replaceAll("\uFFFD", "\"");

this example can be viewed from here : How to replace � in a string

follow the link for more unicode expressions. http://www.regular-expressions.info/unicode.html