Best way to replace & in java string variable for URL variablepurpose.

[KevinCO]

Hey, thanks for reading. I have a String that has an ampersand in it that I wish to use as a variable in a 'GET' URL. Is there a simple way to replace the ampersand with %26. The String.replace() seems only to work with single characters.

 

[venur]

Hi,

Why dont you encode the string using URLEncoder. And you can decode the String once you received in next page.

jdk 1.3

String data = URLEncoder.encode("key1&quot + "=" + URLEncoder.encode("value1"
data += "&" + URLEncoder.encode("key2&quot + "=" + URLEncoder.encode("value2"

jdk 1.4

String data = URLEncoder.encode("key1", "UTF-8&quot + "=" + URLEncoder.encode("value1", "UTF-8"
data += "&" + URLEncoder.encode("key2", "UTF-8&quot + "=" + URLEncoder.encode("value2", "UTF-8"

Similarly Decode the String using URLDecoder.

Cheers,
-Venu

 

[KevinCO]

Thank you very much Venur!!