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On 10/30/2012 6:48 AM, Peter J. Holzer wrote:

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> Java Regexps seem to be Perl-compatible, so
>
> s.replaceAll("&quot;(\S*?)&quot;", "<span class=\"quoted\">$1</span>");
>

I don't think this will work, in the general case.  What about input like:

Hi&quot;I'm-a&quot;-dash-seperated-&quot;string.&quot;

You'll end up with one replacement, where I think Roedy would require 
two.  However, that's a good point as Roedy didn't show any examples 
involving white-space.  Some clarification beyond simple examples is in 
order, methinks.