Replace all escape sequences with non-escaped equivalent strings in java?

Here is a non-regex solution. String original = "something"; String escapes = new String{""}; // add more if you need String replace = new String{""}; // add more if you need String new = original; for (int I = 0; I ReplaceAll(escapesi, replacei); } Sometimes a simple loop is easier to read, understand, and code.

From a comment of Tomalak: 'And some people, when confronted with regular expressions, think "I know, I'll use a catchy quote that I remember". Now they have added nothing to the discussion. ' (I'm not implying you didn't contribute with your answer, I'm just commenting about the quote which everyone here has seen posted at least 1000000000 times by now...) – Bart Kiers Jun 10 '10 at 13:41 @Bart, I think it's funny.

– jjnguy Jun 10 '10 at 13:43 me too... the first 999999999 times, that is. :) – Bart Kiers Jun 10 '10 at 13:46 D'oh! I learned that long ago... thanks for a straightforward solution.

– Mark Jun 10 '10 at 13:59 @Mark, no problem. Happy to help – jjnguy Jun 10 '10 at 14:09.

StringEscapeUtils.unescapeXml() from commons-lang might be the thing you are looking for.

Works! Best answer – Mark Jun 10 '10 at 14:47.

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