OnJava8-Examples/strings/Replacing.java

// strings/Replacing.java
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public class Replacing {
  static String s = Splitting.knights;
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    System.out.println(
      s.replaceFirst("f\\w+", "located"));
    System.out.println(
      s.replaceAll("shrubbery|tree|herring","banana"));
  }
}
/* Output:
Then, when you have located the shrubbery, you must cut
down the mightiest tree in the forest... with... a herring!
Then, when you have found the banana, you must cut down the
mightiest banana in the forest... with... a banana!
*/