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I am trying to use Java replaceAll()but Intellij tells me that the result is being ignored.

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I am aware Strings are immutable but from what I can tell I am using it correctly. Is there a more proper was to utilize this String method?

For clearly I will post the code in the picture below and sbis a StringBuilder

 String insert = sb.toString();
                insert.replaceAll("(\\(['0-9,]*\\',)",TABLE_NAME+"_seq.nextval,");
                writer.write(insert);
General Grievance
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Mike3355
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    *"I am aware Strings are immutable"* - Yet you write code that assumes it would be mutable. Maybe you should reread what immutable means to strings and the string-manipulation methods. – Zabuzard Jul 02 '18 at 16:36

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You need to assign to result of replaceAll to something: String something = str.replaceAll()

Sam Orozco
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