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From: Knute Johnson <eternal@knutejohnson.com>
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Subject: Re: Regex?
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 08:06:48 -0700
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On 6/20/2014 00:25, Robert Klemme wrote:
> On 06/20/2014 07:03 AM, Knute Johnson wrote:
>> Pattern.compile(Pattern.quote("the string with the ) in it"));
>
> There are more ways:
>
> Pattern.compile("the string with the \\) in it");
> Pattern.compile("the string with the \\Q)\\E in it");
>
> Cheers
>
>      robert

Thanks Robert,

The problem was actually

String str = "(something";
Pattern.compile(str);

so now it is

Pattern.compile(Pattern.quote(str));

I hate to make them

Pattern.compile(str+"\\Q")

(the cognoscenti would have my ...)

-- 

Knute Johnson