replacing spaces in java using replace or replaceAll

Question

I'm working on a java project and I need to send a date format within a URL but the container of date send it with spaces which is impossible so i convert it to a string and I used the replace method to replace the spaces with "" or "-" but it didn't work

Here is the code:

Date date = date_debut.getDate();
String dateconver= date.toString();
String datef= dateconver.replace(" ", "");

And here is the error: incompatible types string can not be converted to char

I have tried also to use replaceAll but the IDE didn't even show it

maybe you just need to encode url parameters instead of this? — AdamSkywalker, Mar 28 '16 at 11:27
@Dali, you definitely need this: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/net/URLEncoder.html — Alex Salauyou, Mar 28 '16 at 11:47

Amar Ilindra · Answer 1 · 2016-03-28T11:53:34.767

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Try this code

Date date = date_debut.getDate();
String dateconver= date.toString();
String datef= dateconver.replaceAll("\\s", "");

edited Mar 28 '16 at 11:53

answered Mar 28 '16 at 11:30

Amar Ilindra

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nop error illegal character \ – Dali Landoulsi Mar 28 '16 at 11:33
add Log.d("Test","String: " + dateconver); after date.toString(); and paste the Logcat error – Amar Ilindra Mar 28 '16 at 11:35
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this will remove `\s` occurrences (not whitespaces). To regex-based replace, use `.replaceAll()`. Can't understand why this answer is upvoted, as even if properly used it will produce some wierd `MonMar2814:43:56AST2016` – Alex Salauyou Mar 28 '16 at 11:39
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Bad copy paste from duplicate question. – Aleksandr M Mar 28 '16 at 11:43
incompatible types !!!! that's really weird many people used the same code and it worked , for me it didn't – Dali Landoulsi Mar 28 '16 at 11:44
I told you, I can't even find it , netbeans doesn't even show it replaceAll() – Dali Landoulsi Mar 28 '16 at 11:46
@DaliLandoulsi working fine at my end MonMar2817:23:12IST2016 – Amar Ilindra Mar 28 '16 at 11:54
This copy-paste doesn't answer the question. OP talks about replacing **spaces**. And what about the error OP receives? – Aleksandr M Mar 28 '16 at 12:04

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