How to replace � in a string

Question

I have a string that contains a character � I haven\'t been able to replace it correctly.

String.replace(\"�\", \"\");

doesn\'t work, d

Answer 1

As others have said, you posted 3 characters instead of one. I suggest you run this little snippet of code to see what's actually in your string:

public static void dumpString(String text)
{
    for (int i=0; i < text.length(); i++)
    {
        System.out.println("U+" + Integer.toString(text.charAt(i), 16) 
                           + " " + text.charAt(i));
    }
}

If you post the results of that, it'll be easier to work out what's going on. (I haven't bothered padding the string - we can do that by inspection...)