Java regex - match splitted words

Question

I have a problem with matching words at the end of line, that contains dash ( - ).

For example:

circum-
stances

My regex matches this as 2 words (circum, stances) , But I need to remove dash and the sign of new line a make one word.

Answer 1

Try this,

public static void main(String[] args) {
        String str = "circum-\nstances";
        System.out.println("[Original Content:"+str+"]");
        str = str.replaceAll("-(\\s+)", "");
        System.out.println("[Modified Content:"+str+"]");
    }

You'll get this as the output, I believe this is what you were looking for.

run:
[Original Content:circum-
stances]
[Modified Content:circumstances]
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 0 seconds)