How to Add Quotation Marks and Remove Semicolons in a Java String

Learn how to manipulate strings in Java by adding quotation marks around specific substrings and removing unwanted characters. --- This video is based on the question https://stackoverflow.com/q/77802635/ asked by the user 'ketan' ( https://stackoverflow.com/u/1213296/ ) and on the answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/77802661/ provided by the user 'Bentaye' ( https://stackoverflow.com/u/3982755/ ) at 'Stack Overflow' website. Thanks to these great users and Stackexchange community for their contributions. Visit these links for original content and any more details, such as alternate solutions, comments, revision history etc. For example, the original title of the Question was: Add ' to particular place in String in Java Also, Content (except music) licensed under CC BY-SA https://meta.stackexchange.com/help/l... The original Question post is licensed under the 'CC BY-SA 4.0' ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... ) license, and the original Answer post is licensed under the 'CC BY-SA 4.0' ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... ) license. If anything seems off to you, please feel free to write me at vlogize [AT] gmail [DOT] com. --- Manipulating Strings in Java: Adding Quotes and Removing Semicolons Are you facing challenges while manipulating strings in Java? Like many developers, you may encounter situations where you need to adjust the format of a string to meet specific requirements. In this guide, we'll tackle a common problem: adding quotation marks around particular segments of a string while removing unwanted semicolons. The Problem Statement Imagine you have the following string: [[See Video to Reveal this Text or Code Snippet]] Your goal is to modify this string in such a way that: You add single quotes (') before and after the substring "ABC Inv; Inc. (us)". You remove the semicolon present in that substring. The desired output would then look like this: [[See Video to Reveal this Text or Code Snippet]] A Step-by-Step Solution Let’s break down the solution to achieve the desired string format. The proposed approach involves the following steps: 1. Split the Original String The first step is to split the original string using the comma as a delimiter. This helps to differentiate each segment: [[See Video to Reveal this Text or Code Snippet]] 2. Process Each Segment Next, we need to examine each segment to determine if it contains a semicolon. For those segments that do, we will add the quotation marks and remove the semicolon: [[See Video to Reveal this Text or Code Snippet]] Explanation of the Code Stream Creation: We convert the array to a stream to enable processing of each segment. Mapping: For each segment (s), we check if it contains a semicolon. If it does, we format it to add single quotes and remove the semicolon using replace. If it does not, we leave it as is. Joining: Finally, we join the processed segments back into a single string using ", " as the separator. 3. Final Output When you run the above code, the final result will be: [[See Video to Reveal this Text or Code Snippet]] Conclusion String manipulation is a powerful aspect of programming, especially in Java. The steps outlined in this post provide a clear method for adding quotation marks and removing unwanted characters from strings. This approach is not only efficient but also straightforward to implement. Feel free to adapt this solution for your needs or extend it to handle more complex scenarios. Happy coding!