Convert regex to special characters

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I have a url that would contain something like this:

%5B%7B%22field%22%3A%22Site+Code%22%2C%22value%22%3A%2245%22%7D%2C%7B%22field%22%3A%22textarea-1%22%2C%22value%22%3A%2212%22%7D%2C%7B%22field%22%3A%22Serial+%23%22%2C%22value%22%3A%2223%22%7D%5D%26SiteID%3D1%3B

I'm taking in the url as a string and would like to convert all the regex to special characters. Is there any way to do this? The regex is not limited to just this. I need to take into account all instances in which regex could show up in the string, and replace it with the corresponding special character.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 09 '18 at 15:53

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Since there are so many special characters you will need to account for, and in regex you will have to replace each one seperately, I do not think that regex is the best solution to this issue. A better solution is available here: How to do URL decoding in Java?

answered Jul 09 '18 at 15:53

Jacob Boertjes

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It appears this is JSON that was appended to the url. Thanks for the link, it did what I wanted it to do – Gerald Tan Jul 09 '18 at 16:04

Convert regex to special characters

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