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  1. /* package whatever; // don't place package name! */
  2.  
  3. import java.util.*;
  4. import java.lang.*;
  5. import java.io.*;
  6.  
  7. /* Name of the class has to be "Main" only if the class is public. */
  8. class Ideone
  9. {
  10. public static void main (String[] args) throws java.lang.Exception
  11. {
  12. "this is an example string".replaceFirst("(^this )", "$1\\");
  13. }
  14. }
Runtime error #stdin #stdout #stderr 0.07s 380160KB
stdin
Standard input is empty
stdout
Standard output is empty
stderr
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: 3
	at java.lang.String.charAt(String.java:658)
	at java.util.regex.Matcher.appendReplacement(Matcher.java:762)
	at java.util.regex.Matcher.replaceFirst(Matcher.java:955)
	at java.lang.String.replaceFirst(String.java:2119)
	at Ideone.main(Main.java:12)