Replacing with java regex

Question

String str = "abcde123_92qwq_1a_02x_1e";

I want to replace the first string part between the first two underscores (92qwq) with 0 (zero). How can I do this with regex?

For example:
"abcde123_92qwq_1a_02x_1e" becomes "abcde123_0_1a_02x_1e"
"abcde123_sdet4_1a_02x_1e" becomes "abcde123_0_1a_02x_1e"

I'm a newbie to the regex and I have tried a few. But I'm in a kind of bit urgent situation.

namalfernandolk · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-21 10:53:26Z

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You can use something like:

str = str.replaceFirst("_[^_]+_", "_o_");

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answered Jun 21, 2012 at 8:28

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3 Comments

+1 for showing that string.replace supports RegEx (I didn't know that).

@0xCAFEBABE, sorry it doesn't, it's replaceFirst().

Thanx very much Qtax. It's working perfectly.Better if you can change ' to ". :)