//: c12:TheReplacements.java // From 'Thinking in Java, 3rd ed.' (c) Bruce Eckel 2002 // www.BruceEckel.com. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt. import java.util.regex.*; import java.io.*; import com.bruceeckel.util.*; import com.bruceeckel.simpletest.*; /*! Here's a block of text to use as input to the regular expression matcher. Note that we'll first extract the block of text by looking for the special delimiters, then process the extracted block. !*/ public class TheReplacements { private static Test monitor = new Test(); public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { String s = TextFile.read("TheReplacements.java"); // Match the specially-commented block of text above: Matcher mInput = Pattern.compile("/\\*!(.*)!\\*/", Pattern.DOTALL) .matcher(s); if(mInput.find()) s = mInput.group(1); // Captured by parentheses // Replace two or more spaces with a single space: s = s.replaceAll(" {2,}", " "); // Replace one or more spaces at the beginning of each // line with no spaces. Must enable MULTILINE mode: s = s.replaceAll("(?m)^ +", ""); System.out.println(s); s = s.replaceFirst("[aeiou]", "(VOWEL1)"); StringBuffer sbuf = new StringBuffer(); Pattern p = Pattern.compile("[aeiou]"); Matcher m = p.matcher(s); // Process the find information as you // perform the replacements: while(m.find()) m.appendReplacement(sbuf, m.group().toUpperCase()); // Put in the remainder of the text: m.appendTail(sbuf); System.out.println(sbuf); monitor.expect(new String[]{ "Here's a block of text to use as input to", "the regular expression matcher. Note that we'll", "first extract the block of text by looking for", "the special delimiters, then process the", "extracted block. ", "H(VOWEL1)rE's A blOck Of tExt tO UsE As InpUt tO", "thE rEgUlAr ExprEssIOn mAtchEr. NOtE thAt wE'll", "fIrst ExtrAct thE blOck Of tExt by lOOkIng fOr", "thE spEcIAl dElImItErs, thEn prOcEss thE", "ExtrActEd blOck. " }); } } ///:~