Java: Remove numbers from string

Question

I have a string like 23.Piano+trompet, and i wanted to remove the 23. part from the string using this function:

private String removeSignsFromName(String name) {
    name = name.replaceAll(" ", "");
    name = name.replaceAll(".", "");

    return name.replaceAll("\\^([0-9]+)", "");
}

But it doesn't do it. Also, there is no error in runtime.

Basement

You escape the ^, so it searches for a literal ^, which is not present. – Savill

. matches any character and replaceAll() replaces all the characters. Escape the dot "\\." – Libel

Answer 1

The following replaces all whitespace characters (\\s), dots (\\.), and digits (\\d) with "":

name.replaceAll("^[\\s\\.\\d]+", "");

what if I want to replace the + with _?

name.replaceAll("^[\\s\\.\\d]+", "").replaceAll("\\+", "_");

Manhunt

Answer 2

You don't need to escape the ^, you can use \\d+ to match multiple digits, and \\. for a literal dot and you don't need multiple calls to replaceAll. For example,

private static String removeSignsFromName(String name) {
    return name.replaceAll("^\\d+\\.", "");
}

Which I tested like

public static void main(String[] args) {
    System.out.println(removeSignsFromName("23.Piano+trompet"));
}

And got

Piano+trompet

Elsey

he needs the ^, if he want to make sure the replacement can only occur on the beginning of string. however he should not escape the ^ Your pattern will replace all number + dots in the text, don't know if it is desired. Also, what for the grouping, it makes no sense, does it? – Varia

Answer 3

Two problems:

1. The . in the second replaceAll should be escaped:

   name=name.replaceAll("\\.", "");
   

2. The ^ in the third one should NOT be escaped:

   return name.replaceAll("^([0-9]+)", "");
   

Oh! and the parentheses are useless since you don't use the captured string.

Evy

Answer 4

How about this：

public static String removeNumOfStr(String str) {
    if (str == null) {
        return null;
    }
    char[] ch = str.toCharArray();
    int length = ch.length;
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    int i = 0;
    while (i < length) {
        if (Character.isDigit(ch[i])) {
            i++;
        } else {
            sb.append(ch[i]);
            i++;
        }
    }
    return sb.toString();
}

Spotter

Answer 5

return name.replaceFirst("^\\d+\\.", "");

Varia

Answer 6

public static void removenum(String str){

    char[] arr=str.toCharArray();
    String s="";

    for(char ch:arr){

        if(!(ch>47 & ch<57)){

            s=s+ch;
        }
            }
    System.out.println(s);

}

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