Replace/remove String between two character [duplicate]

Answer 1

Use regex:

myString.replaceAll("#\?.*?;", "");

Answer 2

@computerish your answer executes with errors in Java. The modified version works.

myString.replaceAll("#\\?.*?;", "");

The reason being the ? should be escaped by 2 backslashes else the JVM compiler throws a runtime error illegal escape character. You escape ? characters using the backslash .However, the backslash character() is itself a special character, so you need to escape it as well with another backslash.

Answer 3

string.replaceAll(start+".*"+end, "")

is the easy starting point. You might have to deal with greediness of the regex operators, however.