Replacing two different character using regular expression in java

Question

I have this string

"<code>...code1....</code><code><b>kjkjk</b></code>".replaceAll("\\<.*?>",">");

expected output <code>...code1....</code><code>>b<kjkjk </b<</code>

what i want to do is replace < with < and > with > between all <code> tag using single regular expression. How can i do that ? Is it possible using single regular expression or i will have do separate replaceAll() for < and > ?

is it a homework or why do you impose a limitation on the number of `replace` calls? — S. Pauk, Mar 30 '15 at 17:56
I think multiple `replaceAll` will process the same string again and again — Manish Kumar, Mar 30 '15 at 17:58
Do you _need_ to use a regular expression? If not, there are more efficient ways: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1234510/how-do-i-replace-a-character-in-a-string-in-java/1234531#1234531 — Sean Bright, Mar 30 '15 at 18:06

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 05 '15 at 14:03

If you want to ensure you encode only the characters between that why don't you first extract it out of and then do myString.replaceAll("\<([^\<\>]*)\>","<" + "$1" + ">"); Otherwise you are going to end up with a very ugly regex that will not be easy to read.

Replacing two different character using regular expression in java

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