when calling the replaceAll function on java.lang.String with a backslash :
println 'xxxx'.replaceAll('x',{'\\'})
I get the following exception:
Caught: java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: 1
any other character does not cause the same exception
Description
when calling the replaceAll function on java.lang.String with a backslash :
println 'xxxx'.replaceAll('x',{'\\'})
I get the following exception:
Caught: java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: 1
any other character does not cause the same exception
Groovy provides the slashy string syntax to save you from having to use 4 backslahes but for cases involving only backslahes, the slashy string syntax might add more confusion because of its special escaping rules for escaping slashes.
Groovy provides the slashy string syntax to save you from having to use 4 backslahes but for cases involving only backslahes, the slashy string syntax might add more confusion because of its special escaping rules for escaping slashes.
Bug
Closed
Major
replaceAll cannot replace backslash
println 'xyxyx'.replaceAll('x',{'\\\\'}) // => \y\y\Groovy provides the slashy string syntax to save you from having to use 4 backslahes but for cases involving only backslahes, the slashy string syntax might add more confusion because of its special escaping rules for escaping slashes.