Regex for special characters in java

Question

public static final String specialChars1= \"\\\\W\\\\S\";
String str2 = str1.replaceAll(specialChars1, \"\").replace(\" \", \"+\");

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Answer 1

replaceAll expects a regex:

public static final String specialChars2 = "[`~!@#$%^&*()_+[\\]\\\\;\',./{}|:\"<>?]";