Java: Remove full stop in string

Question

I want to delete all the full stops ( . ) in a string.

Therefore I tried: inpt = inpt.replaceAll(\".\", \"\");, but instead of deleting only the full st

Answer 1

String#replaceAll(String, String) takes a regex. The dot is a regex meta character that will match anything.

Use

inpt = inpt.replace(".", "");

it will also replace every dot in your inpt, but treats the first parameter as a literal sequence, see JavaDoc.

If you want to stick to regex, you have to escape the dot:

inpt = inpt.replaceAll("\\.", "");