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Regular expressions are powerful but tricky, and even those long used to using them can make mistakes.
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The following should not be used as regular expressions:
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* <code>.</code> - matches any single character. Used in <code>replaceAll</code>, it matches _everything_
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* <code>|</code> - normally used as an option delimiter. Used stand-alone, it matches the space between characters
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* <code>File.separator</code> - matches the platform-specific file path delimiter. On Windows, this will be taken as an escape character
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== Noncompliant Code Example
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String str = "/File|Name.txt";
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String clean = str.replaceAll(".",""); // Noncompliant; probably meant to remove only dot chars, but returns an empty string
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String clean2 = str.replaceAll("|","_"); // Noncompliant; yields _/_F_i_l_e_|_N_a_m_e_._t_x_t_
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String clean3 = str.replaceAll(File.separator,""); // Noncompliant; exception on Windows
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String clean4 = str.replaceFirst(".",""); // Noncompliant;
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String clean5 = str.replaceFirst("|","_"); // Noncompliant;
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String clean6 = str.replaceFirst(File.separator,""); // Noncompliant;
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