Java replace method not working for ©

Question

In my java program, I want to replace the © sign in a string with a space. I used replace method but it seems to not working. What would be the solution?

String text = "ABC©";

text.replace("©", " ");

System.out.println(text);

Output : ABC©

Expected output : ABC

Don't edit your question with the content of the answer, it invalidates them. — Tunaki, Jul 27 '16 at 13:01

Guy · Answer 1 · 2016-07-27T13:51:54.137

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String is immutable. Try

text = text.replace("©", "");

You can also see it in the documentation

edited Jul 27 '16 at 13:51

answered Jul 27 '16 at 12:53

Guy

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I missed it in the sample code. I modified the code. – ANJ Jul 27 '16 at 13:00
@ANJ Please note I replaced '" "` with `""`. It's working for me. – Guy Jul 27 '16 at 13:52

Java replace method not working for ©

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