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Posted by Ricardo Sala
Ricardo Sala
16,212 Points

Trying to substitute "{{" in a String [ILLEGAL REPETITION]

Hey!

As described in the title, I am trying to substitute the substring "{{" from a String, but I keep having some "illegal repetition" problem.

Seems that "{" in regEx means "repetition" and I would need to say the compiler "hey, this is not a regex, is just a String!"!

how could I do that?

Thank you guys, you rock!

Felix Sonnenholzer
Felix Sonnenholzer
14,654 Points

Could you give an example on what exactly you want to substitute how?

1 Answer

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points
Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi Ricardo,

Maybe try 'escaping' the character by preceding it with a backslash, \.

Let me know how you get on - if that doesn't work, post some code and we can figure it out.

Steve.